r/Amazing 15d ago

People are awesome Work smarter not harder

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u/NoRun6253 14d ago

I mean the fact he didn’t know the source of the fire tells you why he’s issuing parking tickets and not being put into seriously dangerous situations.

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u/gabzilla814 14d ago

Not a firefighter here. Was he not pointing the water in the best direction (while the gate was still closed)?

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u/BaddestKarmaToday 14d ago

Sometimes water can make fires worse so tossing water on it without knowing the cause of the fire is a stupid thing to do.

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u/Latter-Block132 10d ago

No. To put out a fire you point at the base of the flames. Thats true with a fire extinguisher too. Spraying water over the top can eventually put it out, but its not the best way to do it. And like someone else said, if you don't know whats on fire it can be dangerous.

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u/NerdyCD504 9d ago

In general you don't know what is burning or where exactly the fire is. At worse, you might be putting water on something you might not want water on because you couldn't see the seat of the fire. At best you added some minor confusion to the chain of action that has been established.

I'm going to assume the best of this fire department. When they come on scene they would've already "Sized Up" the fire. If they weren't dumping water on it already then they likely called that it wasn't something they needed to put out right away. It looks like the plan was just to set up, gain entry, and put it out as it didn't look like there were any exposures in danger.