Big Chimney Fire - VOLUNTEERS - DUTCHFIREFIGHTERS - With English subtitles.
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2021
- Big Chimney Fire - VOLUNTEERS - DUTCHFIREFIGHTERS - FIRE BRIGADE LUNTEREN.
..... With English subtitles .....
April 25, 2021 a major chimney fire started at a house in Lunteren.
The whole chimney channel is cracked.
To get the fire out of the channel, it was decided to use a Co2 extinguisher.
The Lunteren fire brigade was present with the tank car sprayer and the Ede fire brigade with the aerial platform.
#Fireweer #brandweerlunteren #dutchfirefighter
Deze videos maken mij echt extra enthousiast om door te gaan met mijn trainingen, hopelijk volgend jaar aanmelden als vrijwilliger!
Deze video zegt mij ik moet ook weer eens de schoorsteen laten vegen!!
Which country's video is this?
I'm German and the languages are similar enough that I could understand this comment without knowing a word of Dutch!
Ich bin Deutsch und die Sprachen sind ähnlich genug, so dass ich den Kommentar verstehen konnte, ohne ein Wort Niederländisch zu können!
@@kartikmahalle4503 dutch
@@DerekSmit 8 o
Whenever I hear people complain "Why are so many of them just standing around" They're in case crap goes sideways and that can happen incredibly fast.
Better too many people then to many fires.
And better too many than too few.
First of all, the work was done without harming property, flooding the house or destroying anything. You took your time the right way and made sure the fire was 100 % out including the area under the shingles around the chimney top flashing. You honor all Volunteer Departments around the world.
Dit soort ''amateur'' filmpjes zijn gewoon tien keer beter dan de rommel die we op de TV zien. UA-camrs zoals dit kanaal zijn professioneler dan die gasten in Hilversum! Respect voor de videokwaliteit, top gedaan!
From Ohio, USA: Very impressive job. I admire the responsiveness of your volunteers, the teamwork and professionalism. God bless you!
Here in Ohio they would have let it burn awhile longer then smashed the roof wide open, torn the walls apart and doused everything in a couple hundred gallons of water.
Look at all the cars diving away to give the truck space. I heard they don't do that in the US...
Very interesting to see how many firefighters arrived at the station riding bycicles.
They pretty much always work, don't run out of fuel and can get around minor road blocks and through narrow passages. Ideal for the firefighters.
it is the Netherlands, what did you expect
Bei kurzen Strecken ist man schneller als mit dem Auto.
Dutch firefighters are absolutely some of the best in the world! 👍👍👍
Germany has such a voluntary FF system, too! It’s impressive how committed people are for helping others without pay 💰! I really admire that! Both for the Netherlands 🇳🇱, Germany 🇩🇪 and any other countries!
New Zealand Had a good one to once.
@@Mercmad what happened?
They do get paid, but no like a full time job, like 2000/3000 per year.
Meanwhile Singapore employs some conscripts as firemen too & I think they get monthly allowances ranging from ~S$500 (~US$360) for enlistees to ~$1200 for officers
I live four houses down from a fire station in Texas, near Dallas and they have professionals on the clock 24/7, no volunteers. I hear them move out once in a while but I'm guessing not for fires but for car accidents or similar...
Great job to the Brandweer Lunteren Dutch Fire Fighters you guys set the highest example of how firefighting & fire suppression should be done.
I'm fairly certain my local FD would have stuck a water hose in the top of the chimney and filled the house with water. These guys were very considerate in their work.
Absolutely agree. Firemen can be lifesavers but also more destructive than the fire itself in some cases. I've seen houses trashed by unprofessional local fire departments in the US.
They would have blown up the house because if you add water to a hot chimney it expands by about 1700x. Every Firefigther will lern this in the first two weeks or so
@@fuvid Excellent point and interestingly it is not taught in many US local volunteer fire departments.
@@garyjarvis2730 I 'm also just a volunteer firefighter in Germany. The first certification we get this is one thing we get told
@@garyjarvis2730 It is taught in the US, you never put water in a chimney fire. we use chimney bombs, CO2 and chains on chimney fires, i have never seen anyone use or teach to use water in the US.
Awesome and intelligent job. Minimal to no damage to owner's house (unlike US firefighting most of the time).
Good video. I like how they simply did not put a hose down the top and let it flood. Very considerate. One thing is for sure, the homeowner will definitely get it properly serviced and repaired. The end result could have been a LOT worse. God Bless.
That would be stupid because it would go BOOM.
@@MacMiep it has been done
I'm used to military style fire handling. So was initially a bit confused as to what they were doing. Then the penny dropped.
Wow, an impressive job there. Well done.
Excellent job. Very well coordinated use of resources, No damage to the structure or contents and no injuries. Your town should be proud of it's volunteer fire Department and Brigade. From Chief of Department, Metro Fire Dept. Staten Island, NY USA. Stay safe Brothers and Sisters
Just curious if you could answer the question, when i was in the USA i seen what appeared to be a crossing between a fire-dept truck and an ambulance. But much respect to any firefighter, police officer, ambulance employee that works hard. No matter where in the world, you often see things you might not want to see. :) So respect :)
I like the way they removed the roof tiles and stacked them on the ground, a very good department.
@@smartrubberchicken LOL !! That is so true! American firefighters like to make sure the fire is OUT and lots of ventilation!
@@smartrubberchicken there is a huge difference between houses in northern Europe an houses in the US. They build houses very robust, solid concrete walls etc. US building has mostly a wooden frame and dry walls. So they burn much quicker and better.
Excellent, so professional and with discipline. A credit to the Dutch Fire Service. You have my utmost respect.
I like the beginning. Two people arrive with the car and Five on bicycle to the Fire Station 👍
Keep up the good work guys👏
Hmmm... Looks like the video is set in the Netherlands. Volunteers arrive at the fire station via bicycle. Yep, definitely Dutch.
I really enjoyed watching this. These volunteer firefighters behaved with such professionalism and courtesy - and got the job done with a minimum of fuss. Very impressed - and excellent filming too!
I loved the technique used to put out this fire. The house was saved and not flooded in the process. Excellent work!
I've been so concerned with repair of electrical failures in my parent's old house that I forgot about this fire hazard. There are two chimneys and I don't believe my parents ever had them swept. I'm going to get them serviced. I'm also going to improve attic access when the upstairs is rewired. (The access at present is child sized; even a thin man is in danger of becoming stuck at the shoulders!)
If you would try to extinguish a chimney fire with water you would get a steam explosion. Since the fire gets a constant and rapid airflow (chimney effect) the fire burns extremely hot. When you add water to this reaction it instantly vaporizes and therefore multiplies by 1700 in volume. That amount of steam can not escape through the chimney, so it pressurizes inside until the chimney itself gives. By the time the chimney does that you created enough pressure inside to end up with what is as violent as a boiler explosion destroying the whole house and killing everyone in the process.
@@GTFan8899 I wonder if blowing in water fog would help. It should act very similar to the CO2 (possibly someone could find a way to mix the two, you'd end up with a fog of very fine ice crystals and very little oxygen). Since the amount of water introduced would be rather limited, the rate at which steam gets created should be much lower, avoiding the explosion. Ideally, the stream of fog would be adjusted that the rate of steam creation matched the outflow rate of the chimney, resulting in the oxygen getting replaced with water vapour and effectively robbing the fire of two of the critical parts: oxygen and heat...
(Ok, just the thoughts of a keyboard warrior from Germany... ;-)
@@GTFan8899
You are correct; and the dangerous situation is often made worse when the chimney flue is masonry, which can get hotter and retain more of that heat longer than a sheet metal flue. The last thing you want to do is pump water into a tightly constricted extremely hot space. Doing that seldom ends well.
@@realulli It would be much easier and safer to use a bucket of sand to displace the oxygen. Thats what we used at our last chimney fire in early November. You can just showel it out from the service door afterwards. Fine water particles are much more dangerous, thats why is it not recommented to use the finest setting on combi nozzles in confined spaces. Small dropplets are much easier to heat up by the fire than big large dropplets.
Ich versteh zwar nix, aber ich guck das trotzdem gerne.
Ich auch :D wenn der Content von Feuer & Flamme mal nicht mehr reicht.
Mach den Untertitel an ;)
Ich auch!!!!
Thank-you for adding English 👍😁
I love the way you guys did this. First of all, the work was done without harming property, flooding the house or destroying anything. I kinda feel like you guys can be called whenever someone has a problem that includes fire :D Reminds me of those times when my mom calls the Mechanic to repair the internet router, she always says: I don't understand, It worked before! Hahahha :D
Once I saw Czech fire brigade helping at car accident. You, fire fighters are heroes all around the world. Good luck.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE of your DEPARTMENT.
I love how the job was complete when the roofing tiles were replaced.
Great footage. Love the use of the Co2 fire extinguisher. So Cal fire fighters would have flooded it with water then busted the chimney wall and pipe out all the way up and into the attic and roof and flooded it some more with water. It would have been a big mess with $100’s of thousands in damage and smoke mitigation and cleanup.
Great job guys, enjoyed the video being subbed in English. USA
I forgot to add that driver was very handsome.
Thank you that was very interesting from the middle of the United States.
They not only cleaned the chimney but they put the roof tiles back!
Imagine being a clumsy American and having to deal with those streets! You guys are nuts.
Professionals always make it look easy👏
Our local volunteers here in South Norfolk UK certainly do so 👏👍
‘Chimney sweeps’ are still required today.
I haven't seen a chimney fire in years but they were a common enough thing where I lived in the 1970's. Everyone had a wood burning stove but not too many thought about the pine they used for fuel. The pitch created would build up over a season or two and eventually start burning in the flue. I've seen flames a meter high shooting out the top like a blow torch.
Great team work well organized guy's but most of all stay safe an thanks for your service
If they don't use this video as instructional must see training new firefighters I don't know what else they can teach new recruits.
Such professionalism in asserting the kind of fire and the severity of it. I have never seen such professionalism, not even here in Texas with professional firefighters (I live next to a fire station...
Instead of dousing the house or even into the chimney from the rooftop the commander remained calm and gave the right instructions to make sure the inhabitants had a house to sleep in that night without having to worry how they were going to clean it all up and pay for it.
Fantastic job! If this video doesn't make you call a chimney sweep to have yours cleaned at least once a year in the summer you are out of your mind irresponsible. I think they still exist in the Low Countries...
Great teamwork and communication. When that smoke blew out of the chimney cracks inside the house I thought the fire could get real bad real fast.
wow, this reminds me to make an appointment with the chimney sweeper next week
I want to say thank you for the English subtitles
ok so cool to see a bunch of them come flying in on bicycles!
Chimney Chains no matter where you're at in the world work damn good.We have Dry Chem we keep in Gallon Bags (Chimney Bombs) we try first before anything cold and wet. Also a good idea is to keep ice cubes handy, after you call 911 throw ice cubes in the woodstove, the steam slowly creates as the ice melts, the slow conversion is safe for the flue liners. Just a idea if you ever find yourself with a chimney fire, may buy you some time.
2:16 die auto reageerde vlot zeg🤙
Kunnen veel nog van leren
Die op 3:13 daarintegen...
@Martijn Wisse daar ligt het niet aan denk ik, als je in een rustige omgeving rijdt dan valllen hulpdiensten gewoon eerder op dan in een drukke stedelijke omgeving met veel verkeer en geluiden en andere prikkels. Plus de brandweerwagen kwam in dit geval meteen in het gezichtsveld van de bestuurder en dan is het gewoon makkelijk om meteen plaats te maken.
Wow that was a stubborn flue fire..
From the looks of the smoke coming out of the crack in the masonry in the house and the other flue you know that chimney has some damage and will need liners in one or both flues to make it safe to use again.
kind of worrying really as if the smoke etc can do that then so can the other harmfull fumes caused by the fire who knows how l;ong its been like that
@@melin1969 yes very true BUT that may of happened due to the heat of the fire.
If it was pre-existing it's not likely much if anything would leak out during normal operation as there would be NEGATIVE pressure at the bottom of the chimney, if anything room air should be getting sucked in.
i love the netherlands with full power on their two wheels! They have been showing us for decades that it is also possible without a car!
Actually when the distance is less than about 1 km, the terrain is flat and you don't need to carry any cargo or so, I can not imagine any faster and less laborious way to get there: Hop on it, few pedal pushes and you are there way before you would be able to even get the car running...
Excellent job lads, in the UK the resident would have been mopping up the wet mess within the first five minutes. Obviously a dangerous Silent but Deadly Dutch style Chimney fire unlike the British Roaring and distinctive smell type, assuming you grew up in an area with solid fuel/coal fires!
We use Co2 to kill chimney fires in my part of the UK, water was used many years ago.
I’m deaf but thx for you almost every video has text so I can watch and understand what’s going on and I enjoy the videos but if you can plz try to have more Swedish and English text
its pretty cool to see that a chimney fire is fought the in a similar way on the other side of the world. in the states we have a large metal brick that we drop down the chimney to break up all the shit and then drop a bunch of chains set up like an octopus arms to scrape the inner walls. we use a TIC to check for extension in the walls and then if need be, proceed with regular structure fire procedures
Thank you for another great channel from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 🤗
I seem to be building up a collection of channel subscriptions from your country, including the emergency services, railways, and a Dutch lady solo-touring the world on her motorcycle (itchyboots)! I especially enjoy the introduction of English subtitles, not being a Dutch speaker myself. I now have your channel to binge-watch from the beginning. 😁🇬🇧
I am surprised to see co2 blown from above. A (very) hot flue is a powerful pump where the gases go upward, against the forced downdraft by the co2. I participated in killing such a fire: we removed the stove and injected powder in the flue. The updraft sucked the powder in, distributing it up to the top. Almost instantly, the fire died out. Of course, this leaves you with a dirty flue.
Weer mooi meegekeken naar het tackelen van deze klus.
Very nice job , calm ,organised, structured attack.
Firefighting always is a bit like chess-boxing, but chimney fires are a bit more chess and a bit less boxing :)
Interesting difference between what the dutch do, and what my local fire brigade did at my house, is that here they used a chimney rod with a water jet, to take water directly up to the area it was burning and cool it down. They didn't just blast it with water, but used a hand pump "stirrup pump", to give very controlled squirts of water and the rod was thrust about as they did so to bring down burning material. It worked very well and didn't flood my home etc.
That looked like it started from a Log Burning stove with the wrong type of wood being burned. It shows how it is important to use the correct wood in these stoves. You cannot just use any old scrap wood, if the wood is maybe Pine or similar, the resin builds up in the chimney and one day it catches light and this happens. Very professional firefighters...
you even can burn crappy wood, but you really hav your chimney inspected and cleand regularly.
in some countries, this is mandatory.
anyways good job firefighters :-)
It's not the type of wood that's burned, but rather how it is being burned. If you choke off the air, you're going to have incomplete combustion. Incomplete combustion sends tar and other particulates up the chimney. That tar cools and condenses on the walls of the chimney, and builds up a combustible mass of fuel. Then when you add air to the stove to make a hot fire, that heat travels up and ignites that combustible mass that's been condensing over the last few months or years.
If you keep a hot fire in the stove that doesn't send a lot of smoke up the chimney, you can avoid this type of problem.
@@CAESARbonds I don't know the Netherland's building code, but here, your chimney must be lined with a stainless steel pipe if you're using a fireplace insert, a closed hearth, or a stove (regardless of which fuel is used).
@Phil my grandparents used to burn conifers from their property (though, it required to cut and store the logs for a full year). It can be safely done, but you need to be very strict with your chimney inspection and cleaning schedule.
@@thafff huh, we in germany usually store all wood for at least 2, better 3 years
Real professionals. Taking care for any additional damage. Hat off!
For being volunteers these guys are all pros.
its crazy how many chimney fires you have in the last time! people should hire more often their chimney sweepers!
Where I live it is even mandatory to have the chimney sweeper come by every six months.
Great Video and great work from you guys! Thank you!
I love watching your videos here in the United States.
Wow, hoe zo'n schoorsteen in brand koppig kan zijn. Klassikale werkzaamheden van de betrokken brandweerkorpsen. Klaswerk en hoe ik relatief schoon werk zag 👍🏻
Mijn lachende schoorsteen is een enge kerel. Iedere nacht klokslag twee uur begint hij krijsend te lachen. Gelukkig heeft mijn vliegende stoel hem vannacht een draai om de oren gegeven. Kunnen we tenminste weer rustig slapen.
Very good video. Never underestimate the ability and art of fighting fires . Helpful comments too. Thanks for posting .
when I was like very young was like 7 or 8 years old. at family home. we had a Chimney fire. Me and my brother took are super soakers and just started spraying the fire place. wasnt a bad chimney fire when we started spray the fireplace. but it didnt go out but was not big and fire fighters came and took over. while we waited outside. we were praised by the fire fighters for helping and apparently we did decent enough job to control the fire down enough were it didnt cause that much dmg to the house or fireplace flue. The Flue did have to get cleaned and relined though. This happened in Early 90s.
Great job!
(Although it has to be said that "You did so well! Good job! Wanna come outside and look at the fire truck?" is the standard response to kids attempting to fight a fire. Even with adults we rarely tell people that they did a bad job. It's no use to us and only serves to make them even more miserable. It's also easier to get people away if you tell them "good job, now let us take over" instead of "what are you doing here? get out!!"...)
Edit: I'm obviously not making a judgment on your case as I haven't been there when it happend. Just a general observation ;)
@@QemeH meh, its whatever really. Some Where around here I have Firefighter Medal that was giving to me a week after the incident though by Fire Chief. It is packed away with alot of other stuff I kept from back then. old trophy's from Little league and High School baseball and black belt from karate, gah, now im gonna have to find the box now and go thur it all again one day.
You'd be surprised how effective even a garden hose can be on a large fire. It won't extinguish it, but it can keep it from spreading and growing before the fire department arrives to extinguish it.
Very well done indeed. Such patience. I have viewed videos where 10 appliances would have turned up, and the house would still have burned down, LOL.
dit is geweldig om te zien hoe julie bij elkaar koomen en zonder stress (zigbare stress) ruzie of dergelijke je taak weeten uit te voeren
Neat to see how much different fire apparatus are in other countries compared to the U.S.
Thank you for the English subtitles. You guys are doing a great job. Love from India
非常に尊敬します。消防士の作業が丁寧だから、家が無傷で問題解決した。だが本来、煙突は住人によって定期的に有料で掃除とメンテナンスされるべきです。消防士は命を助けるために待ち続けて訓練している。煙突無料掃除者ではない。
Thank you for so much awareness in your service, God bless you
Als eerste heel goed gedaan mensen, wat moeten we toch zonder jullie, in heeeeel Nederland 🇳🇱
De brandweer van lutteren zijn goede brandweer mensen en goede brandweer ❤❤❤
There is no way he cleaned that chimney 4 times already! That or he just sucks at actually cleaning it. Chimney fire was our worst fear growing up so we damn well cleaned our chinney very very throughly twice a year. Before and after winter use,. Plus. Making sure to use the proper wood for fuel and burn it right too to keep build up from happening.
Beyond fantastic job these guys putting it out. Neighbours down the street had a chimney fire and the fire department drenched it with water. Water damage to the house was beyond worse than what the fire did. .
Very informative, and interesting to see how this type of fire is handled...looked like a stubborn one! Looks as if a lot of care is taken to minimize interior/exterior damage (careful capture of smoldering debris, removal of roof tiles)...great job!
The design of the chimney was ridiculous. I doubt that the horizontal run was original.
Without the ability to clean it, small fires would have happened in the past. Every one would have crumbled the lining, allowing it to trap more soot. The final outcome would have been fairly obvious.
The firefighters did no damage, but correctly restoring the chimney would have been a different story.
The absence of a chimney pot along with smoke and heat damage to the top of the stack paints the true picture. Smoke seeping through the cracked brickwork in the lounge, shows the extent of the deterioration.
@@wilsjane No more fires until it's rebuilt from the stove to the pots.
May have been an option to use water extinguisher and spray small amounts in to create steam to put out the difficult bit 1 Lt water = 1700 Lt steam. But in saying that this was a super job well done
2:15 Well done- that car pulled over so quickly!
For some reason I want to join this fire department
You can move to Lunteren and than you go to the fire station for to register yourself. After the registration you get a fire training for about 2 years¹. After that 2 years you are a firefighter.
¹) that means 1 evening each week at 'school' (at a fire station in your safety region), 1 training with your fire station each week and a lot of self study. There are 4 parts.
- firefighting
- technical assistance
- accident with hazardous substances
- accident in and on water
You can read this on www.brandweer.nl/brandweernederland/nieuws/2019/infographic-manschap-a (it's in Dutch)
@@berendt87 i live in the United States
@@jettjones461 You can come from the US to the Netherlands. You are free to come and go wherever you want. 😉 Okay, it ins't cheap to move from US to the Netherlands. But, when you have money, you can do it.
just go to your local fire department and ask them. Firefighters are very friendly ;)
Me tooo tbh!
Gone are the days of Horse drawn fire wagon’s and bell ringing gangs fighting over who gets to fight the fire! Top marks for your professionalism and cinematography skills! You do your profession proud!
That's cool how the one guy has a pole out the back of the second story, then everyone else comes in riding bikes. Lol.
Thank you for the subtitles, as a Brit they make the vids even more enjoyable now I can understand what you are “doing”. Love the vids and thank you.
Perfect ......outstanding job guys well done ✅🙋♂️
Great work guys, admire the work to preserve the condition of the house by not pumping water down the chimney. Is that a Co2 extinguisher being used.
Yes, it is CO2 - the one with the horn!
A beautiful little town!
A drain cleaner with chimney brushes instead of a chain may have worked faster. All the same . Just a suggestion. Awesome job and awesome video.
Never knew what a chimney fire was. now I know
Thanks and many safe returns.
where is all feminist? Shouldn't they be here as well to complain about this branch is men-dominated and needs to be changed to more gender equal workplace?
Well done firefighters, superb footage and respect to you all working in this field.
Zo best veel werk nog zo'n schoorsteenbrand. Klasse mannen.
ze moeten eigenlijk elk jaar schoorsteen zuiver laten maken anders krijg je dit niet mooie gedaan mannen TOPPERS
Dat moet volgens mij officieel ook. Tenminste, dat wordt met klem geadviseerd. Verzekeraar Univé meldt het volgende op hun site:
"Om uw open haard of houtkachel veilig te kunnen gebruiken, is het verstandig om jaarlijks uw schoorsteen te laten vegen. Het is niet verplicht, maar brandschade door een slecht onderhouden schoorsteen wordt niet altijd vergoed door uw verzekering."
Met de opmerking dat een schoorsteenbrand als gevolg van een slecht onderhouden schoorsteen (waar het vegen dus onder valt) niet altijd vergoed wordt geeft aan dat het toch ergens ook weer wel een verplichting is. Het is dan wel niet wettelijk verplicht, maar verzekeringstechnisch is het wel verplicht.
Respect voor de brandweer ❤
That little leak between the bricks behind the picture is a neat trick.
A wonderful job here God bless!
Kommt immer heil nach Hause! Gott zur Ehr, dem nächsten zur Wehr.
Good job guys. Job well done. 👍👍
Very interesting video. In Germany, the authorized district chimney sweep is called in in such a case.
encore un bon travail de fait les gars ! Bravo !!!!
Verrassende brand en aan het eind de pannen netjes terug op de plek. Prachtige video.
Good Job Done ♥️
How quick did they all turn up at the station wow these guys are awesome
Jullie zijn allemaal helden ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Gave video! Geniet er elke week van! Laatste weken veel schoorsteentjes!
Guuuut gemacht, Tolle Jungs, Danke Euch allen
They are the real heroes
Jeetje schoorsteen branden komen wel veel voor, en zoals gewoonlijk weer goed gedaan mannen.
a volunteer fire department I was a member of years ago would have thin plastic bags (that bread came in) filled with ABC Dry powder. We would drop them down the chimney from the top. The heat would melt the bag and release the ABC dry powder inside the chimney. 2-3 bags usually took care of things.
I did not even know this could happen (never ever had a chimney), but my wife did.
Thanks for this video !
even went as far as putting back the roof tiles, talk about service to the community.
From the looks of the cracks in the masonry I'd guess this wasn't the first chimney fire they've had. Maybe they just got lucky in the past. Also, I'm pretty sure Cleveland Fire Department would just shove a 2 inch hose down there let 'er rip. These guys did a nice job. I have a buddy in Pennsylvania who says their Dept. uses sandwich baggies full of ABC chem to put out chimney fires.