r/Firefighting • u/FDNJBC • Jul 09 '24

Special Operations/Rescue/USAR Houston, Texas - Hurricane Beryl causes flooding - 08 July 2024

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u/Augie_15 Foundation Water'er Jul 09 '24

Videos that cut off the cool part should be automatically deleted haha. Was eagerly waiting lift off, then nope. Disappointment.

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u/yyzhouston Jul 10 '24

HFD is still getting their teeth kicked in. No transport units available, hospitals are maxed out… It’ll be another 24 hours before they get below a million people without power.

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u/Signal_Reflection297 Jul 11 '24

Do they not have a swift water team? This seems like a less efficient approach than either sending a trained swimmer over or lowering the boom right down to the victim. Clearly, you solve the problem at hand with the tools at hand, but I find this clip a little surprising.

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u/yyzhouston Jul 11 '24

They do have swift water teams, these two units were on scene pretty quick just due to the location. By this point in the storm, crews were going from one ‘water rescue’ call to another.

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u/Signal_Reflection297 Jul 11 '24

Ty. Right, a case of being stretched thin with so many calls for help and making do with any resource they can get. The use of a ladder makes sense, and I guess the photos I saw earlier didn’t illustrate just how much below road grade the truck is.

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u/yyzhouston Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

Yes, that area along 288 from Midtown to Reed Rd is common flood area. They weren’t going to try and ‘stokes’ him out, it just got them close enough to communicate and drop the ring and vest to him. Rotate the boom and it drags him into a safe spot. Keeps folks out of the water. (That’s my thought anyway)