Orlando Fire Department – Grove Apartments Fire

October 23rd, 2009 | by admin |

Mother and 4 children are trapped in their apartment bathroom. OFD dispatcher reassures them and coaches them while firefighters are searching.

This video shows the importance of staffing and response times in saving lives.

Duration : 0:7:26


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  1. 25 Responses to “Orlando Fire Department – Grove Apartments Fire”

  2. By gfdmedic on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Great job brothers!
    Great job brothers!

  3. By paratonymedic on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    OUTSTANDING WORK !!!
    OUTSTANDING WORK !!!

  4. By xhandbasketx on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Given the scenario …
    Given the scenario at hand it’s not really a case of “too many rigs.”

  5. By Mikyz12 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    It’s all about …
    It’s all about staffing. Fire engines and trucks can’t do anything without people. Great job guys. The enemy of fire departments are politicians like those here in Los Angeles. They have taken a huge crap on the citizens and the LAFD. It’s all about corruption. Too many chiefs and not enough workers on the ground. Hopefully it won’t happen in other cities. Awesome OFD.

  6. By jaytoddmartin on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    amazing video. …
    amazing video. thanks for making/posting this.

  7. By otter6613 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    I’m a Washington …
    I’m a Washington D.C. firefighter. The initial box alarm assignment for the DCFD is, 5 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue Squad, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and a Ambulance. If its a working fire its another Engine and another Truck, a Air unit, a Medic unit, ect.. A second alarm is the same as the first, all over again. Everyone does it differently.

  8. By AFGHANBOI32 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    great response from …
    great response from the command center…also great communication by the ff

  9. By Flamehater on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    That is exactly the …
    That is exactly the reason that laying off fire fighters to save budget dollars is the worst decision any tax payer or city/county council person could ever make!

  10. By mabas21 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    I am beyond …
    I am beyond impressed with the communication between dispatch and fireground, excellent job done by the FD. People don’t realize how important a dispatcher is in the police and fire services. The men and women involved have my utmost respect

  11. By truck501 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    OUTSTANDING—-GUYS …
    OUTSTANDING—-GUYS === :)

  12. By mooo483 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    That really doesn’t …
    That really doesn’t matter. About 3 minutes is still a really good response time

  13. By hankidan on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    probably, i’m …
    probably, i’m actually a fire fighter in the USAF, we have the biggest or second biggest department in the Air Force at my base (Ramstein AB, Germany) and we only have a manning of something like 75-100 people per shift, for 9 stations. there are 5 or 6 different districts, each one having 1-2 different stations, some of which are crash response only. which is something most departments don’t have to worry about. So it does vary a lot.

  14. By quispamsisst2 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Yes it different in …
    Yes it different in every state/county right? Like im guessing why they sent so many trucks is because it was a big apt complex plus fire and they didn’t want other structures to catch on fire. Here we had a apt fire and we sent a ladder, 2 engines and a rescue, so with bigger city’s they had more man power so they can send more trucks.

  15. By hankidan on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    yes, i saw the fire …
    yes, i saw the fire, theres still something like 20 trucks there. in a situation like that, we would respond with an inital 3 trucks, maybe 4, 2 engines, 1 rescue, and maybe 1 ladder. we would then get an additional 3-4 trucks, mix of engine and ladders, and that would be it. and the first arriving truck would probably set up in quick attack mode, go in, get the people out, then the following trucks would fight fire.

  16. By quispamsisst2 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Did you see the …
    Did you see the fire man? Its an apt complex fire, that’s why they sent so many trucks plus theres people trapped.

  17. By krazyjk022 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    thank you so much …
    thank you so much that helps a lot!!!!!!

  18. By HAZWIZ on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    R.I.T stands for …
    R.I.T stands for Rapid Intervention Team. This is a dedicated Fire Crew at the scene who’s sole purpose is to rescue firefighters. They monitor the incident with Command and note crew locations. They would be equipped with rescue gear and would have preplanned the incident site for rapid means of entry/exit. Hope this helps.

  19. By krazyjk022 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    whats rit?
    whats rit?

  20. By Psychotiicx on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Toronto Fire …
    Toronto Fire Responds way quicker

  21. By hankidan on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    can somone explain …
    can somone explain to me why the they respond with about a thousand people? We would respond with an engine and a rescue truck, with a back up of a ladder and another engine.

  22. By MrSpike416 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Toronto fire dept …
    Toronto fire dept responds way faster they send all fire engines at one time north south east west fire trucks every where in less than 2 mins

  23. By awbaker8008 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Great job guys. I …
    Great job guys. I wish all departments could flow this smoothly including mine. I have never had to rescue some yet but if I do I hope it goes just as well as you guys did your rescue.

  24. By dawson757 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    Great video posting …
    Great video posting. THIS is why we all respect the FD!

  25. By Hartez1 on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    FABULOUS my …
    FABULOUS my Brothers! GREAT JOB! STAY STRONG. YOU ARE TRUE PROFESSIONALS!

  26. By amblefire on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    thanks
    thanks

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