regarding the firemen killed in carolina. i know we're all still honoring them as heros, and i do appreciate

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the danger of the job and bravery it takes to rush into a burning building, and i understand that we need them out there doing that job, but wasn't it bad firefighting to have that many people bunched up in an area that precarious.

Answer 1

If I remember correctly, they didn't know the roof would collapse; it just all of a sudden collapsed.

Answer 2

Did you see the size of the building? When they got a report of someone trapped inside a building that size would take several crews to search.

Unlike movies, visibility is nearly zero. When doing a search for a victim, not only do you have a crew of three or four searching, you have a crew of three or four manning a hoseline to keep fire off of the firefighter and to clear a path out of the building to remove any victim you find.

As they would have had more than one team searching in a building that size. It would be highly likely there were upwards of 20 firefighters in that building befor the collapse.

The crews didnt have to be bunched for them to get trapped. If you watch the video approximately half the roof of that building fell. The whole building flashed over.

Cant speak for where they were in relation to oneanother because I wasnt there. But can say having that many people inside a commercial building during a search and rescue wouldnt be out of line. As a matter of fact most large departments would have that many inside for a typical house fire.

Answer 3

Amen ohiofirefighter42.People dont understand that things in the Fire Service change daily.Yes there are policies and with a building of the size it was as stated its not uncommon.In the county I reside we have a building that is 1.8 million sq ft under (1) roof.The place employs over 800 people and runs 24/7.It has NUMEROUS offices and other places.If a fire were to start there and we were told there is possible entrapment we arent just going to go in with 2 people looking for them.You have to have the teams to cover as much area as possible in the short amount of time possible.

Answer 4

They didn't know this, that's what makes a hero, you don't think, you go on ahead and just do the job that's necessary.
A soldier that jumps on a hand grenade that's going to blow his guts out doesn't stop to think, he just does the job, he becomes a hero, he gave more for his brother then any other man, his life. He should be treated so.

Answer 5

There's no question fire fighters do make mistakes. In interviews fire chief did say they'll take whatever they can from this and use it to teach others about how to fight fires and how to rescue people in future. They were actually pretty clear they take it like any other fire calls. They'll review, identify any problems and correct that in future & use it to teach others.

Answer 6

This is so sad. They all had families and all were friends.

In my local Newspaper, it had a Dalmatian Dog sitting upright, but with a tear coming down from its eye with a very sad look about him.

It tore me up, so please pray for the families.

Answer 7

I don't know the rules of fire fighting, but I hope they learn from their mistakes and change some policies after this.