Major Fire Response to the Portola Fire in Benedict Canyon
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2018
- A 35-40 acre brush fire broke out in the area of Beverly Crest just north of Beverly Hills yesterday afternoon.The fire was sparked Tuesday afternoon by someone using a weed wacker to clear brush in preparation brush fire season, according to the LAFD. 86 homes were ordered to evacuate the neighborhood but were told to return last night after 250+ firefighters made good efforts at containing the blaze. Multiple agencies responded to the incident including the Beverly Hills Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department, Culver City Fire Department, and the Santa Monica Fire Department.
Units Featured:
LAFD: E462 E9 E21 E33 BC18 E2 CM2
BHFD: BC1 E1
CCFD: E42 E43
SMFD: E6 E3
LCFD: E8 16-3 AC7
Beverly Hills, CA - 6/12/18
I live in South Orange County and we had some of those same SM and CC (in a strike team with BH E1 and E3) units on structure protection during the recent Aliso fire. God bless mutual aid.
WOW great timing at 4:30 getting that Strike Team convoy!
I like to think I helped 😂😂😂
I'm pissed it's November because that clip sent me to half mast before 5 seconds passed
That was awesome! This has to be one of the best response videos I have seen in a long time. Nicely done.
Squad 37 Thank you so much!
2:31 16-3 said "well I guess we will be individuals today, let's come from another direction"
ComplexBlackness best crew in la county
WOW phenomenal work dude, you hit a jackpot here for sure 👍🏾
FB1 Response Videos You bet I did! Thanks for watching!
Definitely your best response video yet!
So glad you went in the end. It was fun communicating with each other during your staging! Hope we can do that in person next time I'm in town.
CobraEmergencyVideos - North America Haha that was fun for sure! And yes that would be great! Thanks!
Very good editing. I love the video and at the same time, am teary eyed thinking of what the First Responders and residents are facing. Seeing the response, hearing the sirens and feeling the urgency through this video is unsettling. Wishing safety to all involved.
steelswarfs The Portola fire wasnt that big when I saw it yesterday. I'm sure no homes were destroyed yet.
WOLF SQUAD good to know! Thanks!
This is probably the best comment ive seen all day. This support for first responders is amazing.
AWESOME CATCHES! This video is so freaking cool! So many cool units. Thank you so much for sharing this. 👍🏼
RFD265 Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Holy shit! This is probably your best video! Fantastic
NorCal Fire Buff109 I'd never think I'd catch something like this lol! Thanks!
NorCal Fire Buff109 argreed! 90210FireBuff, Amazing Job
90210FireBuff Like I said - vegetation fires are the best. If you can get there before a lot of units, just go! Especially as they will size up and call for additionals from across the southern state.
Im done, this is the greatest thing you recorded
I will make you fat Haha thanks!
Not all hero’s wear capes god bless the men and women of our FD departments 🙏🏽
Amazing video !!
Mr. A V True! Thanks for watching!
Awesome catches, my dude. Great use of horn from Engine 9 spare from LAFD & use of Q from Engine 2 also from LAFD.
Wow, just wow... speechless 😶
Christopher SantanaV2 Glad you enjoyed it!
Holy crap @ 4:30!!! Awesome video!!!
Oklahoma Emergency Thanks for watching!
Wow this is awesome! Great catches dude
Awesome set of clips here!!
RacingFan911 - Emergency Response Videos Thanks!
You know how you said in the desc. The fire was caused by a weedwacker in preparation for brush fire season? Well.....
*ALL HE DID WAS START ONE* 😂
WOLF SQUAD Haha true!
He should have gotten billy goats instead. 😂
Prepare for fire season...
He prepared for one by starting one
Awesome video Zach!! Definitely one of your best video so far this year! Keep it up man 😊
Hall 7 Emergency Photography Thanks Chris!
great catches dude !!
FB4 Response Videos Thanks!
I saw that PIO officer on the news too. At the press conference on the news
Nice compilation Zach
LA POLICE & FIRE BUFF 17 Thanks!
Damn... I don't think anyone can top this any time soon.
Do you happen to know what siren Engine 43 at 4:45 is using?
Santa Cruz Films Federal Signal 80k
American...👅
Code 3 RLS or Mastercom B
So cool love that hand line crew truck nice catches love the engine in the first clip
Running Code is the most dangerous thing that any emergency responder can do
Those two slicktop units could use a couple of light on the side to make them a bit more visible to traffic when going through intersections. The SUV especially seemed a bit difficult to make out. Great video.
What a great response!
5:23 love that lightbar anybody know what its name?
Love and respect. Heros
At first glance, that crown vic looked like a cop.. But then you see the red lights and fire badge lol Awesome footage!!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
You missed my code 3 roll lol, but sick complication!
90210FB, WOW! Super video!! One of the guys in truck 16-3 showing some love. Were they able to contain the fire? Awesome catch.
luv2fly Yes they were able to contain the fire. Thanks!!
4:31 All the fire buffs jizz their pants.
Awesome catches
Odessa Rescue Thanks for watching
Amazing video :) You've got pretty much one of everything.
itchyboy Haha except I didn't catch any Trucks but it's alright. Thanks!
Nice catch
What are those metal boxes that some LAFD engines have mounted on top? They look kind of out of place.
Awesome Video.
Peter Lokey Thanks!
HOLY SHITTT THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!
West LA Response Videos Thanks!
What a coincidence, I was at a 3 alarm fire at Dogz Bar and Grill yesterday in Long Beach, looks like the both of us got fire footage on the same day! BTW, you have a typo in your date.
John Schuster Haha cool and thanks for the heads up :)
Very awesome footage nice catches two 👍 a convoy of Fire trucks man awesome
first responder videos Thank you!
Awesome stuff.
viperq Thanks!
congrats at already 1,000 views
West LA Response Videos Haha thanks!
awesome vid man. I'm wondering how often do people ruin your shot by stopping in the road and yelling " what happened?" lol
Lol it's happened a few times. Thanks for watching!
Amazing That right There is a Record Response How do you get all that sweet footage you always seem to be at the right place at the right time 😅😅
Pretty funny, the water supply is cut and repair on Benedict Canyon Rd is going on. Hope there's water !
What was the unmarked vehicle at 2:10?
Brian Schultz A high ranking LAFD official
What unit was that unmarked crown vic?
Matt Johnson An LAFD Command unit
There goes the fire department again, off to swing the big hoses LOL.👍😁😎
Are most red crew trucks meant for the prison fire fighters bc at my station we dont have those.
I miss CA...😓
really nice!
112 Zeeland Thanks!
California have the best fire fighters from the grape vine to orange county i see these guys doing their job. And from tulare county to the bay are much respect
Thank you for your support!
Santa Monica and Culver the only ones who rolled in style. I was wondering if I was going to see a Convoy.
SM and CC came through with the save. Lol
ComplexBlackness usually we see the main 3 but BH was already on scene. Good catch!
So what's the difference with the Engines? (Cost, capacity, ability)
Interesting how the Engine designs vary. The responding departments aren't far from each other, but all decided to go with different engines.
You see more standardization in Police departments among vehicles, not so much with FD. Even police departments with less funding get the same vehicles, as the bigger departments.
ComplexBlackness It is really all to do with department preference. None of our trucks are alike at my station, our tanker is a pierce and our engines are spartans and we have a kme and an e one. Just some companies are better for different trucks (e one with ladders pierce wih engines) and sometimes its what type of units suits for what calls you will be running and where you are taking calls. A fire truck in vermont will be much different than one in south texas. In england their rigs are small because of the small streets. Again, whats suits that agency the best and their preferences
It’s a lot harder to fight fires there than here in NY, it’s in November and it’s cold as hell here, and they have to fight fires in hot weather😂, but we still have to deal with pipes and hose lines freezing. Then come summer and we are so hot and it’s hotter there!😂 We wouldn’t last along time fighting fires in Cali, but they would last a lot longer here in New York.😂 I live in the state not the city BTW.
Nice vid
SoCal EmergencyResponse Thanks!
3:59 the trucks horn was a screamer
Im a. Wildland fire fighter. I love the hand crew truck . but font do it any more .
wow thats big you got for sure a lot of LA some Beverly Hills a squad or is that a command and then an unmarked SUV and what was that 4 fire engine team is that Hollywood?
The strike team is Santa Monica FD and Culver City FD. The suv was an assistant chief
I'm retired from the U.S. Forest Service with 4 years full time in wildland fire management and the remainder of my career in recreation management and special use permit administration. I stayed involved in wildland firefighting for my entire career and actually increased my fire qualifications more after I left fire management. I was assigned to 108 fires in my career, including 5 weeks as a crew boss in Yellowstone in the 1988 fires.
With that I have a few comments:
-- L.A. City sent their Engine 9 for mutual aid as Station 9 sees so little action that they try to find something for those guys to do! For those that don't know LFD's Station 9 in some years is the most active fire station in the nation and has not fallen below #3 in many years. Between ALS and BLS they have 4 RA's (rescue ambulances). I think they average one call per 15 minutes or less over the entire year.
-- I would suggest that if you want to be a part of the firefighting community you use the official abbreviations for fire departments and agencies, the 4 letter identifiers you present are hard for firefighters to understand, especially the one you made up for L.A. County. I've never seen it abbreviated that way. SMFD might be two different departments in southern California, either Santa Monica or Sierra Madre and they aren't that far apart. Here is a link to the national website for these:
wfmi.nifc.gov/unit_id/Publish.html
Scroll down to "Active" to see the nationwide list. The 10 Geographical Area Coordination Centers (GACC's) each publish one that includes the identifiers covering their area only, so you don't have to carry around New Jersey, if you are only interested in southern California. This is the national GACC website:
gacc.nifc.gov/
-- The kind of resource also has specified abbreviations: E for engines, WT for water tenders (note they are not tankers in the Incident Command System), D for dozers, C for crew, P for Patrol, U for Utility (a pickup or small stake side truck for hauling hose, ignition fuel and the like) L for lead planes (often mistakenly referred to as "spotter aircraft by the media), AT for air tanker (in order to be a tanker it must fly), H for helicopter, HT for helitanker, AA for air attack (is responsible for the use and movement of all aircraft over a fire), D for Division (a command level position in an organization and the actual title is "Fire Management Officer" in federal agencies) or is in charge of a specific geographical portion of a large fire (these folks are usually abbreviated with DIVS), BC for battalion chief (an assistant fire management officer in federal agencies) CH or Chief for the head of a department or entire National Forest, BLM District, or a large National Park or group of nearby National Parks. CMD is for command. Finally, IC is for Incident Commander, the position in charge of an active incident. These resources can be assembled into ST's or Strike Teams (5 engines of the same type, 2 crews of the same type or 2 dozers of the same type. Each will have a strike team leader with their own transportation. Kind is the resource such as engines, crews, dozers, etc. Type if the size of capability of the resource. Engines have the most number of types with 7. There are also TF's or Task Forces. These are composed of resources of different kinds. Engines, water tenders, dozers and crews might be assembled to keep a fire out of a subdivision, for example.
Note, hotshots crews are often referred to as IHC or Interagency Hotshot Crew, which are "Type 1" crews, the highest classification of wildland firefighting crews, but they still have the simple "C" on the side of their trucks, but with the name of the crew as well, examples "Dalton Hotshots" (Angeles National Forest) "Del Rosa Hotshots" (San Bernardino National Forest), "Arrowhead Hotshots" (Sequoia National Park) and "Diamond Mountain Hotshots" (BLM Northern California District). So, 16-3 should have been listed as "C16-3." I'm not sure what you meant by "CM," but I'm assuming it's command.
Structural resources have additional abbreviations such as T for ladder trucks, sometimes labeled as "L" in eastern fire departments that rarely have wildland fires. HM is for hazmat. SW for swift water rescue. USAR for urban search and rescue. There are many more, but I don't remember a lot of them. In structural fire these can sometimes vary by department. For example the full station response (minus EMS) for LFD (Los Angeles Fire Department) is a task force (TF), which consists of an Engine, Truck and an engine to provide water for the truck as LFD does not use Quints. A light force (LF) is the the truck and its supporting engine only.
This is a lot of information and I will end this message. I hope it helps and I hope you study up enough to use these abbreviations. Using the right terminology will eliminate any confusion.
Another comment. You usually only show the response and not the actual incident. When a person first starts in fire they like rolling Code 3 and like the apparatus they are assigned to. Rolling Code 3 and having a shiny engine is pretty cool. The public seems to like watching this. For the firefighter this wears off quickly and a person eventually gets focused on the central task of all the emergency services, making order out of chaos. That's what keeps people in a multi decade career and brings about the most internal reward. It is also the greatest challenge.
I like watching your videos to see mutual aid in action. Being on a large incident with a huge camp and incident command post is a marvel of organization that shows how well developed fire mutual aid is. It is the best in California, in large part as a result of the California Office of Emergency Services. Their response organization is very impressive and they have state firefighting resources positioned all over the state, which can be mobilized very quickly. They have Type I (structural) and Type III (wildland) engines stationed with local fire departments in every nook and cranny of the state. The local department can use it as a reserve apparatus, but have to agree to quickly staff it and respond it on OES's moments notice.
I like the multible responded. But they are just to spread out
nice job 90210FireBuff
Ramsey love Thanks
At 2:10 there is an unmarked rig responding code and those sedans have some heavies in them like chiefs, deputy chiefs and division chiefs or commanders.
At 4:36 it is impressive to see a Type I strike team rolling code in a municipal area.
At 5:18 it is hard to see an LAFD battalion chief enter an intersection running code with multiple vehicles continuing to enter the intersection, putting the batt chief in a much more hazardous situation. Running code 3 is difficult and dangerous as it is, then some yahoos get the idea that their circumstances are more important than that of emergency responders.
In the fire business some of us joked that the switches that turn on the lights and sirens are the "moron switches." Why, well turn them on and nearly everyone around you turns into a moron. We are not serious, but thinking about the switches in that manner makes you think more and be more cautious when you are driving with lights and sirens on, i.e. "Code 3."
I also like seeing the L.A. City Fire Department [sic] painting the primary neighborhood they serve on the front doors of the engines. In my internet wanderings I found that the City of Los Angeles has recognized and legally defined neighborhoods, e.g. Watts, LAX etc.
Nice catch Lafd E462. WHAT IS EX ENGINE NUMBER
E462 is Ex E105 and Ex E295
Even the rich & famous & social elite have to have a fire department
engineer for SMFD engine 6 was a bit too kind , I would of laid on the horn lol
Does California literally ever use any other siren tone other than wail? East coast responses are way better!
California law is that priority/phaser sirens are banned. they only use Wail and Yelp. Old vehicles on the LAPD use the Omega siren that has 5+ tones.
I have a massive fire I recorded
If your an arson now is the time to do your thing.