Catasauqua 2nd Alarm House Fire

Posted by admin on August 19th, 2009 and filed under fire station |

In the afternoon hours of Sunday August 9,2009 Catty station 2 was hit for the house fire at the corner of 14th and Race sts. Command arrived onscene and quickly struck a second alarm for the well involved first floor. NVP was on of the first camera crews onscene and captured the fire from before the initial attack was made until it was knocked down.

Duration : 0:8:17


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18 Responses

  1. twinboysfire52 Says:

    awesome video
    awesome video

  2. joeyp1974 Says:

    agreed 100% …
    agreed 100% firemike, ive been a firefighter for 12 years and its not easy giving up family time and sleep time etc, when you get off your and do what we do lilly then maybe youll have a right to say something until then pipe down and shut up. to the guys fighting that fire good job, and stay safe!!

  3. brettfirefighter129 Says:

    lol that too..
    lol that too..

  4. firemike71 Says:

    Wow Japaneselilly, …
    Wow Japaneselilly, you sound like quite the expert, perhaps you should step away from the keyboard and join the FD, until then keep your ignorant uneducated comments to yourself. Looks to me like a good coordinated fire attack by an understaffed vol FD. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

  5. cfdfire1 Says:

    In response to the …
    In response to the time that it took for the Fire Department to arrive, I have this. The department is all volunteer, therefore no one is usually staffing the station. The response times were within the National Standards and given the amount of fire that was all ready showing upon arrival, the appropriate tactics were taken. The only solution for faster response times is to go paid. Taxpayers in this town all ready are complaining about tax rates, so volunteer is the only option left.

  6. 1075fdny Says:

    PW lol - its the ” …
    PW lol - its the “CAN”

  7. japanesselilly12 Says:

    They stood around …
    They stood around doing nothing but watch it burn for the longest time. They are right down the street, maybe two blocks away. What the took them so long to get to that house? There are so many people who live right there. You’d think as soon as black smoke came out of the roof, they would call into the fire department. They did, but the firemen got there when te house was ENGULFED in flames. How long doesit take to get ready? The poor people who lived there lost everything. Dumbassism

  8. 52Fire Says:

    why would u use a …
    why would u use a water exstinguisher and remember to hold the hose other then that good video

  9. nickelaz Says:

    wow, what a mess.
    wow, what a mess.

  10. brettfirefighter129 Says:

    PW Can (Presureized …
    PW Can (Presureized Water) AKA Water Can

  11. Skankpronger Says:

    guy lost control of …
    guy lost control of his hose at 6:24 lol

  12. kamateq Says:

    What’s that guy …
    What’s that guy around 5:50 - 6:10 spraying on the building?

  13. 7089540230 Says:

    great video!
    great video!

  14. ss16productions Says:

    awesome!
    awesome!

  15. ryanmalitsch Says:

    Different Stations.
    Different Stations.

  16. HCDDWarhero Says:

    What is the …
    What is the difference, if there is any, between the firefighters with red reflactive tape on their suites and the ones wiht green reflective tape on their suites?

  17. nayr1010 Says:

    yep sounded like …
    yep sounded like they actually needed to put a little water on it but idk cant hear anything now

  18. tanker051 Says:

    this just got hit …
    this just got hit out for a rekindle

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