PRE ARRIVAL Two Alarm Commercial Structure Fire UPS Warehouse Lakewood New Jersey 6/28/23
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Published 2023-06-29
Around 6:45 PM Lakewood Police received a call for a reported trailer fire that was attached to the building at the UPS Warehouse in Lakewood. Chief 1 Ladder 5 & Engine 5 were on the initial BOX while Chief 1 was responding he had his eyes on the same smoke I saw and he upgraded it to a working trailer fire that would bring in Engine 3 also on the BOX. Upon the arrival of Chief One, he confirmed the 53ft trailer was in fact on fire and extending to the building and asked for the working structure fire box plan. Shortly after Ladder 5 & Engine 5 arrived, Ladder 5 positioned to the C side of the building and puts its sticks to the roof. Chief One then upgraded it to a 2 Alarm fire. Crews go inside the warehouse to see how much of the fire extended inside. Engine 5 manned with a 3-man crew laid in 3 inch supply from the Hydrant about 500ft down the road. Engine 1 & 3 secured the FDC and stretched a second line. Lines were stretched inside and water was on the fire about 7 minutes later. The fire didn't extend much inside the actual building and the sprinklers were activated. Crews from Brick Township, Toms River & Point Pleasant Boro were directed to the scene. Engine 6 was also recalled for service to the scene. Crews operated for around 5 hours on the scene the cause of the fire is currently unknown but reports it was a Lithium Ion battery fire in the trailer that extended to the surrounding trailers and building. The fire is being investigated by the Ocean County Fire Marshalls Office. No further information is available at this time.
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All Comments (21)
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Kudos to the driver of E5 for not only blocking the drive lane, taking their time charging one line & for forgetting he had tank water or a deck gun. 👍
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Brother having a drone has taken your videos to a whole new level!
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Placement of E5 greatly degraded the access of incoming units. That placement basically gave all responsibility to the first on-scene truck and engine. No other apparatus could get into that big, open area.
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I work on this shift, and the aftermath was pure chaos. The drivers had to park their package vehicles in the neighboring staff parking lot. The plan on what to do with all of the packages seemed to change by the minute. A driver said the next morning, they had to drive the trucks to Tinton Falls to run the pre-load shift at their facility and then drive all the way back to start delivering. It took several months to get everything back to normal in the Lakewood center.
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The Drone-Operator makes an amazing job. Also thanks to all firefighters, first responders and police-officer for your service.
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Another great drone job. Nice editing too! Thanks
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Is it standard in these areas that the Fire Departments take extended times to flow water?? Seems like the majority of the fires you cover have the same issue.
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I'am surprised that the initial dispatch for a semi on fire, with a warehouse exposure, was just one engine and truck.
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Again, with such a heavy fire load, why not put your deck in in service to knock that shit down then transition into an interior attack? The deck gun the most under utilized tool in the fire service!
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Armchair incident commander here. This seemed like a pretty disorganized response. Obviously no pre-planning since they couldn't find the FDC. It also gave me anxiety seeing that first engine spending so much time catching the hydrant instead of using the tank water to prevent the spread. It was 7 minutes into the video before the line was charged, even though the first truck rolled up at the 2 minute mark. Probably should have dispatched multiple engines and have the 2nd engine catch a hydrant.
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Another great training video for us, thank you so much! The larger view granted by a drone makes this look like a nine-ring circus, not just a three-ring circus. Our EMT teams are going to blow a gasket watching this.
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As a retired firefighter, what in the world took so long to get water? Do those pumpers not have a 500 gallon tank on board? At least a 250 gallon tank? Nobody got water on this fire until they charged the hydrant and that took over 5 minutes after the supply line was laid..how about Search and Rescue? There were still people inside the structure ..Kudos to the fire departments for doing their job I love you guys. But what the heck happened? Too many minutes to a knockdown.. train train train !
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Your use of a drone significantly contributes to viewing the overview firefighting effort and it also helps subsidize the video’s narrative. I also find the integration of a scanner helps afford a more articulate viewing experience. Keep up the good work!
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As a fire fighter I ask the same question over and over again of these videos, why does it take so long to get water on the fire.
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7 minutes until starting to put water on fire since arrival? what happened here? Astonishing, they could easily defend the building effectively.
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Glad nobody injured. Drone footage was great. This fire department needs a lot of work at many different levels! No excuse for this performance!
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Excellent drone footage.
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Extremely Ineffective work!
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In the uk our fire fighters are so on point with there fire hoses it’s brilliant! As soon as there on sight there hosing flames within 20-30 seconds to try and save the building or whatever there putting out! Watching this was painful!! The amount of damage within ten minutes was insane!!
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I'm a retired building superintendent. I noticed that the warehouse roof appeared to have self venting louvers is that correct? Excellent idea if true. Well as I watch this, it appears that the building is doing a better job holding back the fire with it's sprinklers than the Fire service is fighting fire in 3 x 53' trailers.
