Burbank, California The Mayor's Show, 19 Apr 2022

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Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes visits the Burbank Fire Training Center.

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Hello burbank welcome to the mayor, show once again uh here we are at the burbank fire training center.

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We're going to have a great show for you today, members of the fire department are out here.

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We'll show you a few things that they go through when they're training, I retired, from the burbank.

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Fire department, after 33 years- so I spent a lot of time out here so this will bring a lot of.

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Memories to me when we go through this segment so once again, thank you for joining us and follow me.

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uh So we're here with the fire chief eric garcia chief, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me.

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Thank you for being here. My first question chief is: our residents may not know this, but the burbank.

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Fire department started as mostly volunteer group. Can you please tell us more about that sure yeah.

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Our our original firefighters were all volunteers and uh back up 1909. There was a bell that was.

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Actually purchased fixed upon a small structure on the golden mall on san fernando that actually.

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Housed our host card at the time for the burbank fire department and whenever a committee member.

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Or somebody noticed a fire, they would ring that bell to summon the volunteer, firefighters and.

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They would come on down to that structure on san fernando there they, the golden mall, they turned.

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It then, and they would grab the host card and as quickly as they could get it to the the incident.

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How do you think the department evolved over the course of 30 to 40 years in the 70s? As you recall,.

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As a former paramedic paramedicine was established and enabled firefighters to be able to get it.

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Advanced life, life-saving ems to to the community members, and that really was an involvement that.

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Really benefited our community. Can you tell us some of the services offered through the.

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Fire department, our our boundaries, uh 17 square miles. We have six fire stations, we provide.

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Well: six: six fire engines within each of those stations; two uh two truck companies, two rescue.

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Ambulances and we've got a type one hazardous materials team, that's out of our station 12.

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And so through that uh we're all risk agency, we provide fire suppression throughout the.

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Community as well, but we provide rescue ambulances throughout the city too, that provide that advanced.

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Lab als life support, advanced life, supports ems service to the community, so we're here at the.

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Training center chief, uh what kind of training goes on? We do all of our academy training.

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In-House, so uh that would start right here, so that would be didactic or classroom. That would.

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Occur instruction would take place inside the classroom here and then all of our manipulative.

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Different types of host operations, ventilation, throwing ladders things along those lines- would.

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Happen out on the on the drill ground, well, chief, we're coming close to the interview.

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um To the end of the interview, can you go ahead and point to your picture up here? We're uh we're.

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Right back up here, class of 94.- and you mentioned uh assistant chief hatches as well deputy chief.

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Hatch- and uh there was 17 of us that came on back in 94- we started out right here in the in the.

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Training center, it's a. I can't believe it's been gosh 28 years now. Already it's gone so quickly, but.

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Yeah, you take a look around the training center. All the different class pictures up here. It really.

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Holds that pride and tradition for our agency and uh it's something I know that we're all really.

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Proud of, as you are as well, mr mayor, you guys are right there. This is 1975. class of 1975., there's.

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The old guy there yeah, you know it's, uh it goes by quick we're really. I really enjoyed the time.

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That I had with the fire department uh and we've always said it's not a job. It's a way of life.

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uh You get to know, you know the other, your co-workers, you work with them. 24 7! You get.

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To know their families, if they're on duty, they come over to the station and possibly their.

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Wives and their kids will bring the cake over to celebrate their son or daughter's birthday.

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So we all participate in that as well. Thank you chief for your time. I know you're busy, but.

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You shared a lot of good information for the community, absolutely pleased to do so. Thank you.

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I'm here with firefighter jason carson, uh he's been on the job for about 10 months now,.

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So he'll be uh doing his one year, probation in may jason glad to have you here. Thank you very much.

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Thank you for having me what uh what prompted you to become a firefighter so growing up. I played.

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Team sports, all my life and after I was done playing sports when college came to an end. For me.

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I was just looking for that same team atmosphere as a career choice, and I found the fire service.

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And getting along with everybody and being able to live with the family kind of sparked. My interest.

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In and having that competitive drive so tell us about the fire training center. What what have you.

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Learned out here in the classroom and out there in the field, most importantly, we learn how to.

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Get along with everybody in the academy. Obviously we pull hoes, throw ladders.

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We learn all the basics and they drill the fundamentals into us very hard from the get-go.

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Just because sometimes we make go on a dry spell not having many fires, frequently.

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So we need that good foundation of the basics of pulling hose, throwing ladders and functional.

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Safe firefighting, skills that we can use so when it comes down to it at two in the morning.

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When we're tired working on a long shift, that we can put those skills to use and ask you to show.

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The the public, that's watching this, the use of a of an extinguisher. If you don't mind yes, sir.

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Okay, so here is your typical fire extinguisher. You could find in your home or a grocery store.

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Here in burbank and other fire departments, we like to use an acronym called pass.

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To use this fire extinguisher, it makes it really easy to remember the four simple steps to put out.

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A fire using a fire extinguisher so start off with p we're going to pull our pin out. That's going.

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To unlock the handle next, we're going to use a to aim and we're going to aim at the base of the fire.

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And then next we're going to use s to squeeze the handle. That's going to expel the agent from the.

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Fire extinguisher to put out the fire and then your last s is going to be to sweep. You want to.

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Sweep the base of your fire make sure to expel enough agent to put out the fire bubble, carson.

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Thank you very much for thank you taking the time to educate our residents and myself as well.

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Of course, take your time we're here at the fire training center with uh deputy chief mark hatch,.

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And some of his crews, uh they're gonna, demonstrate some of the firefighting techniques that they go.

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Through when they come out here and practice uh training- and this is actually what happens.

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Out there in the real world, as well so you'll, be able to see this and deputy chief hatch will walk.

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Us through all the different components, so what you see is firefighters in full protective gear.

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uh They're uh laying a line, what we call laying a line from the hydrant to get the water supply.

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We leave one member at the hydrant to hook up the hose and turn the hydrant on to get water to the.

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Fire engine that water goes through the fire pump to boost pressure for our hose lines.

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While that firefighter is completing that task, another firefighter is breaking the four inch hose.

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Line and going to give that to the fire engineer, who's going to pump the fire apparatus to boost.

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The pressure again for our hose line, another thing you'll see, is a firefighter extending.

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A 24 foot extension ladder to the fire escape and he's doing this for many purposes, potentially for.

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A rescue if we have someone on a balcony someone in a window that needs rescue from the fire that.

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Can't escape through the normal uh stairwell or means of egress and or they're going to use that.

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Ladder to take some hose what we call taking holes aloft to that second floor, so they can enter from.

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That floor to go on in and make an aggressive attack on the fire.

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Oh deadly chief hats: this brings a lot of memories back to me.

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So you see the other firefighter right now pulling an inch and three quarter hose line. Now, what he's.

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Doing is he's estimating the length of his hose lay enough to get to the base of the ladder enough.

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To get up the ladder and then enough to get him into the building and extend it to the fire floor.

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Also, we have firefighters performing uh we're, simulating enforceable entry on this blue prop.

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So what they do is they uh put some wedges in there to simulate that the door is locked they'll.

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Use their tools to force entry on that door and create access they're, not only creating access.

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But they're also creating their egress anytime you're, creating an opening in a building you're.

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Also planning for your escape. You don't want to have a small opening going in, because, if things.

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Go bad! You want to have a big opening so that you can find it and you can get through with uh more.

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Than yourself and your crew also you'll see right now, the truck company has a 100 foot aerial ladder.

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They are extending their 100 foot aerial to the roof to perform rooftop ventilation. The reason.

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They're going to the roof to perform rooftop ventilation is to coordinate their efforts with.

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The engine company's interior, with the hose lines by opening up a hole in that.

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Rooftop they'll allow all the hot heated gases and smoke to escape. It improves the conditions inside.

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For the firefighters, creates visibility, uh cools the atmosphere and also allows them to.

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Advance their hose lines and perform a rescue if needed, on the d side of the the training center.

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Tower the firefighters are throwing longer ladders to the second floor window. You can see.

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That they're just throwing them to the window sill, and we call that laddering a building for rescue.

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So that's one of the good signs when you see water coming out the windows or you see, white.

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Smoke uh that that means that the water has been has been put is being put on the fire.

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So the fire's being put out basic advice for someone as a house fire. You know you go all the.

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Way back to edith, you know, exit drills in the home, and so the first thing you want to do is get out.

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And account for your family make sure everybody's out of the house. Typically, a really good plan is.

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To have a meeting place, whether it's outside the front of the house, the neighbor's house.

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It's really dangerous to go back inside a burning home to find somebody.

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You may be separated for a bit, but if you have that meeting place and you have a pre-plan.

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You come together there you account for everybody, then you need to call 9-1-1. You need to alert the.

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Fire service to respond and and just keep yourself in a safe place, really really dangerous idea to.

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Re-Enter a home to grab variables, we have a really good, robust response force coming with a short.

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Response time and many times, we will uh limit that fire to the to the room of origin and save.

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The majority of your valuables so get out of the home have a meeting place, uh call 9-1-1 either.

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Out front or go to a neighbor's house and alert the uh the fire department to come and help you.

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Thank you chief, our pleasure excellent. I hope you enjoyed this segment of the mayor. Show.

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We've got more exciting things forward to coming to you so stay tuned for the next segment.

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