06-09-11 City of Camden 12+ Alarm Fire
On June 9th, 2011 the Camden City Hearth Department was distpatched to the intersection of Chestnut and Orchard Streets for a Developing fireplace. Upon arrivial Ladder Business two, Squad 7 and Battalion one Glassman reported large fireplace in a 3 story vacant structure with coverage problems. Ladder two and Squad seven quickly went into services to protect the exposures on the "D" side of the creating. Battalion one and Auto one Harper ultimately referred to as a complete twelve alarms additionally two far more for a seperate coverage. Companies from Camden, Gloucester and Burlington Counties have been known as in to support battle the blaze that consumed two city blocks. There were a few minimal firefighter accidents. The lead to of this blaze is below investigation.
Video Ranking: four / 5
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:59
Wow! Those shots are really coll! You should have submitted them to the news!
January 22nd, 2012 - 11:36
What distinguishes the different sides of the building? How does it work?
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:13
@mad4hotwheels its camden. its just surprising. probably a meth lab blown up or someone murdered then burned to burn the evidence away.
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:48
Plenty of fire for everyone! Good job filming and editing.
January 22nd, 2012 - 13:45
Seriously what was this like 3 city blocks squared out of just one abandone building fire??? How’d it travel so far?
January 22nd, 2012 - 13:57
Great work boys, that one looked liked a bitch!! A handful of helicopters with Bambi-buckets would have been nice, but I don’t know if they have those type of resources in that region. I’ve only been on a couple urban fires where the helos came in for water drops, made one helluva difference!! Once again, fantastic work, looks like they managed it great and worked through adversity!!
January 22nd, 2012 - 14:41
Camden is the shit hole of America
January 22nd, 2012 - 15:33
War zone???
January 22nd, 2012 - 16:30
now how the hell (literally) did they manage to start that fire in an abandoned building?
January 22nd, 2012 - 16:57
The person holding the camera did a very good job of covering the scene. Nice editing as well.
January 22nd, 2012 - 17:14
I half expected to see some ff’s appear wearing AFS uniforms and tin hats and the half burned out wrecks of London buses with Hovis adverts on them lol
January 22nd, 2012 - 17:23
That reminds me of the old newsreel footage that i’ve seen of the London Blitz with the fire smoke and bricks scattered all over etc.
January 22nd, 2012 - 18:05
one hell of a battle…why did this particular fire get so out of control so quickly?
January 22nd, 2012 - 18:36
i like the shout out to burlington counties being called in to this one…cause engine 9031 our brand new ferrara was the “source” for ALOT of water..we were on the cooper river drafting and then pushing it to other companies from burlington county that help aid in this…alot of hose and time put in by all…Great Job by all.
January 22nd, 2012 - 19:00
These are real Firefighters! Not like the Hillsboro Fire Dept. Who don’ t go inside any burning building. “Can you believe that.” and the Chief agrees. What a bunch of Pussy’s. John Meksa BADGE177 1965 to 1990.
January 22nd, 2012 - 19:59
Nice work, Dave!
January 22nd, 2012 - 20:17
@sharppointy1 Hello, yes we try to force the wall inward to fall on itself if it is going to collapse. The idea is that we would rather it fall in then out on one of us if we should have to be close to the building, or what is left. Hope it helps thanks for the kind words.
January 22nd, 2012 - 21:17
@sharppointy1 Just a matter of “aim”. They’ll correct it.
January 22nd, 2012 - 21:47
I’m sure the questions are stirring up about all these fires in camden..when all the firemen were laid off recently…could this be arson? by a fire fighter?
January 22nd, 2012 - 22:20
@DaaveHernandez photos – nice jobs on the videos.
I have a curiosity question that you or maybe a firefighter could answer. In the 8 alarm and this video, I see the firefighters using master streams against the brick walls. Is this done to force the wall collapse inward? Or is it just a fluke you happened to catch?
Thanks
Keep up the great videos!
January 22nd, 2012 - 22:55
nice job- THANKS!
January 22nd, 2012 - 23:04
urban renewall!
January 22nd, 2012 - 23:53
nice footage, looks like there’s some big ass fires over there in Camden.