According to the US Fire Administration (a branch of FEMA), in 2017 the United States played involuntary host to more than one million fires, resulting in a loss of more than 3,400 lives, injuring more than 14,000 others, and causing more than $23 billion in damage. As much as those figures are an improvement on historical numbers, they are still large enough as to make the data impersonal.
On the flipside, most every accidental loss of life due to fire hits hard to a hyperlocal group of friends and family who are immediately impacted… and with that uplifting remark we reach this video.
There is a law enforcement presence at the scene of nearly every fire in the United States. Now, it is by no means obvious that the 5-0 are needed at a fire. After all, that’s hose monkey work. Cops… make light-hearted fun of them.
What is the role of a police officer at a fire? The answer will vary somewhat depending on the specifics of the incident, but I did want to provide at least one concrete answer to that question, and this video is it. There may be more; we’ll see.
Here we go.
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IN OTHER NEWS (UPDATE TO HARLEY PURSUIT VIDEO)
For the past week+ I have been working to uncover more (read: any) information about the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s pursuit of a Harley offroad and into the woods.
My work finally paid off:
The pursuit took place on July 4, 2018 and the rider of the motorcycle was Robin Buckels, male, age 46, from Painesville, Ohio.
(Fun fact about Robin: On 6/2/16 he won $10,070 on a Keno scratch off.)
Buckels was charged with failure to comply, ‘permitted operation without a license’, operating a motorcycle without a helmet, and unsafe operation. All except for failure to comply were dismissed. Same sentence as I had previously reported, plus $592 in fines and a temporary license suspension. I have updated the description of the pursuit video to reflect the above, and that video can be found at http://tiny.cc/bikepursuit.
** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
House fires a tragedies regardless. Adding a death makes it so much worse. I’m sorry for this family. I hope they have found some peace.
This is terrible. I feel so bad for the family. 🙁
I'm not sure who's suffering more… the family or the firefighters who found the poor guy…
This is just sad the whole way through… I feel for the family.
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Conspiracy theory about to ensue. The son was not upset in the least which might mean he killed the dad and set it ablaze for the insurance payoff.
Very sad I pray for the family first and foremost thank you for the firefighters and all that you do respect ðŸ™ðŸ¾
Broke my heart..
If my parent was stuck in a fire, I would die with him/her trying to get them out.
Just knowing they are in there burning alive is just heartbreaking!ðŸ˜
Damn it's a tragedy it truly is can't imagine how I will personally act if I seen someone from my family went out like that. 😥
How sad. The poor man probably didn't stand a chance being disabled like he was. My sympathy to the whole family. I bet that young man will blame himself for a long time but it wasn't his fault.
Over my professional career as a firefighter (retired captain), I had my share of fire fatalities. It never got easy having to search for those who perished in the fire. Having to deal with packaging and removing their remains was always very taxing on the firefighters. Many times you couldn't even tell that the person was an actual human being.
What a great Public Servant the Lead Officer is! He has a way of responding to the needs of the families! God Bless him for telling the family he didn't want them seeing their loved one like that. He didn't want them to have that last memory.
my heart breaks for this family my prayers are with them
How do you NOT know your dads birthday?!?!?!?!? Geeze that must have been a great upbringing.
When cops enforce a law that does not exist… can you see it?
Very professional response and a sad situation for everyone involved.
So sad. Prayers for the family.
The agony in that young lady is just so sad. I'm sure the officer probably needed a day off just from having to witness the horror of the whole scene.
Listing to the firefighters talk was interesting. Feel bad for the family
R.I.P :(…………………
I love the video, I think this should have been done long ago.
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He doesn't look to upset that Dad is still in there ???
I don’t like fires…
I can’t imagine
Sorry to the family
Poor guy.
Firefighters are some AMAZING people! We sure are blessed to have so many brave men and women stepping up to handle these extreme emergencies for us (I bet their families are some awesome people, too!). I hope things turned out ok for everyone who survived.
Losing a beloved family member to a fire is the most excruciating experience one can ever have. I lost someone who was so close and they would not let me see her at the hospital. Same thing they said here, you don't want to remember her that way. I always felt like I should have said goodbye, but my brother kept me from doing that. Don't know which is worse to be truthful. To have seen it or what my imagination conjures up. But it has been many years now (1985) and I will never forget the feeling of emptiness and loss. It is so hard not to be able to see that person one more time.
Heart Broken for the family sorry for your loss, A massive THANK YOU for all services involved.
Terrible
I'm so sorry for your loss, God Bless you. Horrible!
Tragedias como esta duelen hasta el alma donde quiera que pase.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love your frequent upload schedule? It makes me happy to know that most days when I wake up one of these videos is waiting for me before my morning walk 🙂
“I don’t want that to be your last memory of himâ€. Thank you, officer. That would be a traumatic experience on its own for them.