Worst fire department in the United States?
Experimenting with Danger
Excavations in Construction/Trenching
I now have a second video of this crew. Please search “A broken down fire truck is no good at a fire. Grants Pass Rural Fire Josephine County Oregon”
Grants Pass Rural Fire Department has a problem with me posting this video because it makes them look bad. They have called the cops on me 3 times now for telephonic harassment, charges that will never be proven because I know I didn’t call so I am in no way worried. It is without a doubt that they will frighten me in any way possible so that I will take this video off youtube. Two Grants Pass Police Officers have told me that posting this “DISPARAGING” video on youtube is not illegal.
definition of disparaging 1. To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle. 2. To reduce in esteem or rank. ***If anybody was DISPARAGING on this video it would be the fire crew themselves.***
Part of Grants Pass Rural’s problem with me based on the police report is that I have “been posting photos of (GPRFD) fire vehicles on line.” Well, if you check out my youtube channel you will see that I have posted several fire departments on line (Grants Pass City, Rural/Metro, illinois Valley, Crescent City, Jacksonville, Medford, Glendale, Canyonville, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Albany, Portland…) and yet no other fire department has ever complained and in all honesty I have had more compliments then anything else (THANKS COOS BAY FIRE!!!). I have also been told that I can not trespass on GPRFD property yet as far as I know i have never trespassed on any fire department property….that is unless you want to count the FDNY fire station for Engine 10 / Ladder 10 or maybe the LAFD Hollywood station (amazing stations and crews btw!).
***IF GPRFD did a perfect job on this fire then I promise you I still would have posted them on youtube. I do have dozens of “good” videos of other fire departments so it’s not like I only film the dumb and stupid and idiotic.*** It is not my fault in any way that they, Grants Pass Rural Fire, make themselves look DISPARAGING. And on a side of caution I am not calling GPRFD dumb or stupid or idiotic, I am just simply saying that I would film the good, bad, stupid and evil.
I would like to mention that this was my friends house just up the road that caught on fire and I originally went over checking if I could help out in any way possible, I WAS IN NO WAY THINKING “HOW COULD I MAKE GPRFD LOOK BAD?!?!” Now I did wait on the main road for several minutes so that I could point out the correct rural driveway for a rural/metro fire engine (7505??) but other then that I could do nothing else. It was only after I knew I could do nothing more that I started filming. This video was the second time I had filmed a working structure fire (first was the FDNY in Lower Manhattan!) and if you check my youtube you will see that I have recorded many more from that point on.
ONE MORE NOTE AND THIS IS FOR THE EYES OF GPRFD’s LINDA MILLER: I post more then just fire department videos. I have posted videos of dozens of concerts, parades, boat races, horse races, county fairs, festivals, air shows, animal life, PLUS New York City, Walt Disney World, President Bush (no comment), Yosemite, the film set for The Muppets on Hollywood BLVD (was amazing!), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge *AND* the University of Oregon Marching Band performing in the 2010 Rose Parade. HECK, SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE AN AMAZING AND VERY FULFILLING LIFE. NOW IF ONLY LINDA MILLER WOULD GET A LIFE! STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT MY VIDEO AND WASTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S TIME AND START WORKING ON FIXING YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?!?!?!?
Grants Pass Rural Fire and Grants Pass CITY Fire do not have anything in common. Also Rural/Metro Fire has nothing in common with Rural Fire. Both Grants Pass City and Rural/Metro are top of the line departments and some of the best crews in Southern Oregon.
Grants Pass Rural Fire Department business line 541-479-3366
Oregon State Fire Marshal 503-378-3473
Oregon OSHA 503-378-3272
Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training 503-378-2100
Josephine County Commissioners 541-474-5221
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46 Comments
That's what happens when you give a woman power and authority
This is just sad they obviously don't have the funding or training to be proper firefighters.
What's with everyone ducking/crouching down 30 ft from the involved structure? Do they even have SCBA? Everyone from GPRFD looks shook as hell like they've never seen fire before.
how many of you idiots put your life on the line??? not a dam one learn about fires then talk your shit
The "resident" should get his money back. The state ought to put this bunch out of business. No mutual Aid, no training (obviously) and essentially no clue how to fight a fire. This is pathetic.
has to be more to the story then what the video shows. One firefighter has full turnout,gear and the bumkin fire dep has old turn out gear. No scott packs and what looks like booster line being used at first due attack line. Whats this contract with the fire dept crap? is it a private fire dept because the other dept with all the new gear takes to long to respond? Either way, the town is a broke ass town and cant afford fire depts or the ppl dont demand better fire protection. Both dept need to put thier dicks down and learn to fight fire like big boys and girls. The dude from the other dept gets on scene and acts like the swinging dick with brand new gear and fresh pretty stickers on his helmet. He would have gotten his ass kicked in and his gear ripped off and thrown into the fire. The best part is the two hose teams are squirting water into the windows and pushing the fire back and forth at each other. They dont know thier firematics.
the only thing missing was the clown music
I wouldn't even call them Volunteer Firefighters. The county or state powers that be needs to shut them down before someone gets hurt for reals.
The little engine that couldn't….. Wtf. Like that scene on gangs of New York with the rival fire crews
Judging by the property, I'd say the property owner got the level of fire response he was willing to pay for. Don't know how people can live like such trash.
If the fire dept. did not show up at the incident you would have the same results in a shorter period of time.
it scares the shit out of me to think that these are the ass hats that would show up when you call 911
They haven't lost a "lot" yet!
Never lost a basement or well!
never send children's to do a man's job or properly trained that was a complete embarrassment
Is it still burning? 🙂
Hopefully, that pile of garbage burned to the ground
what is that guy with the hose even spraying?
the worst is Galt, Ca.
i thought Appalachia had it bad. How has OSHA not shut them down. County government needs to step in and assure their residents are properly protected as well as their firefighters
smoke some more meth it might help. I lived in this area as a kid its all tweekers and hill billies. it would be a nice place if it wasn't for the people.
At least they are trying.
6:55 oh thank god someone's wearing SCBA!
I'm guessing if a bank was being robbed in this area, the SWAT team would roll up in someone's pick-up truck with pots strapped to their chests and armed with BB guns
What a cowboy outfit half the guys there didn't even have any firefighter kit on and they just seemed to be in a panic and there was no incident command structure at all it just looked like a free for all. The second crew that turned up looked like a proper set up but why are they not working together as a team I was thinking the chief that turned up with the other fire crew would have set up some form of tactics to get them crews working as a team
How the fuck hasn't OSHA busted down their door yet? I see about 800 different safety violations in one fire alone
I hope these guys enjoy lung cancer, cause that's what they're getting standing that close to a fire burning god only knows what. I mean look at that damn yard, it's anyone's guess what's inside the building
If I was the homeowner I would of knocked out each and everyone of those fucktards.
That's so bad it's scary! In the UK if there's a big incident local stations turn out and from neighbouring stations too. They just get on with it together. But, they have the right equipment and are well trained. I'm still shocked at the man wearing just a shirt and hard hat!
they have fucking hard hats!?!?!? and they wearing jeans???? they have the most shitty gear
That sounds like bullets
these jackasses aren't firefighters. theyre water sprayers. they have brush gear on to fight a house fire from the outside. no packs, no bunker gear, no structure helmets, ect..
That is the redneckiest thing I've ever seen. And I've seen people fuck their cousins.
What makes anyone think another fire dept would have been able to save anything in those circumstances. To accurately compare 'worst' and' best' you need to know what the costs are compared to town owned . Around here the fire depts are huge hack jobs wasting millions disguised as heroes in a spending race with the cops in a contest to see who can do less and take more.
No visors, no flaps on their helmets, no flash hoods.
Looks like some young millenials that think they can cut the mustard as FF's
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3545225-151/josephine-county-readying-plan-for-private-fire-companies
They folded in 2014. These guys aren't in business anymore, but they haven't been replaced by the metro company entirely.
What's the current situation of this company? re they put of business or better equipped?
Ah just go to where the competition chief shows up. Helmets, fire gear, yup they're better lol.
They're just wearing yellow jackets… just wow, what's next, garden hoses? I haven't finished the vid, but it wouldnt shock me
At 5:04 the Rural/Metro chief asks the Grants Pass people if they have "accountability". Meaning – do they have accountability of their crews on the fire scene (location status, etc.). All good FD's keep track of where their crews are at all times.
The Grants Pass lady shakes her head, no.
Clearly you could tell that Rural/Metro chief was prob thinking in his head "these ****ing morons" lol
This fire department needs a TV show!
HMmmm….many chemical accelerants, I suspect!
Lol rednecks
i'll never complain about budgets cuts again. This is just plain stupid and painful to watch. i'm guessing there volunteers, but even so nobody should be put in that position, to attend an incident without the correct ppe, scba and training. Not only does it put yours and other firefighters lives at risk but the public to. Are there no regulations in the states ? In the uk ALL firefighters, county and industrial have to follow the same guidlines like OGBA.
These people look like the've had no formal training what so ever.
Why does #1 ´Merica have such third world firefighters?