NWI INGO General Post - Part 12

[actaeon277]

Watching Revenge of the Nerds.
Couldn't make that movie today.
Putting cameras in the sorority house. There'd be an outcry.

 

[bulletsmith]

Watching Revenge of the Nerds.
Couldn't make that movie today.
Putting cameras in the sorority house. There'd be an outcry.

So true. I found myself watching old clips of All in the Family, on youtube, the other day. Couldn't make that show today either.

 

[CTC B4Z]

Just watched my neighbors house burn to the ground. No one was home but animals so we started breaking out windows but nothing but smoke bellowed out... So ****ing sad

 

[Ericpwp]

Hope they were with them.

 

[actaeon277]

Just watched my neighbors house burn to the ground. No one was home but animals so we started breaking out windows but nothing but smoke bellowed out... So ****ing sad

 

[actaeon277]

The animals may have been confused and scared, and went hiding. Then overcome with smoke.

 

[CTC B4Z]

They were definitely smoked out by time we started to make an entrance. The smoke that hit us made us all choke. You could see in about 4 ft but only about 2 ft off the ground

 

[Wild Deuce]

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[CTC B4Z]

Took FD over 10 mins to respond to initial call. Definitely respectable considering all volunteer. They were there within 5 mins of Windows.

 

[CTC B4Z]

I understand allowing air in fuels the fire, but it was our only hope to try and preserve life. The house was not of a concern

 

[Wild Deuce]

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[CTC B4Z]

everyone there knew the house was not of concern, but if there was ANY thing we could have done to TRY and save life thats what we did and thats what we were thanked for. we knew that the FD wasnt going to save the house, so all bets are off, try to do what we could, hope anything inside would of heard of yelling/whistling. but once the first window was out(which was the furthest from the initial blaze) we kinda knew nothing could be alive unless under a bed/dresser

 

[CTC B4Z]

we were in a similar situation years back at the GFs parents house. we were 2 hours south and got a call their house was up. we informed neighbors to do whatever they needed to get the animals out. it ended up with them jumping the fence and resisting arrest breaking in windows and doors and they got all of the animals out safely.

 

[CTC B4Z]

I now have a whole new respect for you guys. looking into the windows and seeing only about 4 ft forward was terrifying

 

[Wild Deuce]

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[CTC B4Z]

only other thing another neighbor did was shut off the propane tank. besides that it was wait for FD cause we started to hear ammunition go off

 

[CTC B4Z]

i dont think there is a thing i would've done different. I might have shaved off 1 minute by not going across the street to see if neighbor had the owners phone number. but even at that I wouldve been at the west side of house just seconds sooner, breaking glass only to find thick black smoke... I wish I wouldve seen it sooner. we were out front doing irrigation work when a trucker honked.. i thought nothing of it cause they always honk at the girls, but then another honked and pointed back. thats when we turned and black filled the sky

 

[chef larry]

Just watched my neighbors house burn to the ground. No one was home but animals so we started breaking out windows but nothing but smoke bellowed out... So ****ing sad

Was this around 2:00 P. M. this afternoon south of Shelby? Saw the black smoke from Belshaw and Clark.

 

[sadclownwp]

This plastic furniture and such makes viability so terrible. I am told there was a time where everyone had wooden furniture with almost no plastics in them, and smoke was grayish, not this black soot filled smoke we see today. Still no matter what you do on a fire scene, it is almost never good enough for the people who own the home/property. Sometimes I am glad I am not a volunteer anymore.

 

[Wild Deuce]

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