Crane operator saves 14 people in apartment fire - video

**Jon** · May 16, 2019, 03:41 PM

Crane operator saves 14 people in apartment fire. Liaoning, China. 1:40 video:

Previously:

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Dashcam footage of last weekend's crane collapse in Seattle - video and photo
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**Frank S** · May 16, 2019, 07:44 PM

Some quick thinking on the part of the crane operator to drive his crane over to a burning building and rescue those people

**capngeo** · May 17, 2019, 04:33 PM

This part of the world the FD has ladder trucks for that purpose... do they not have them in China?

**Frank S** · May 17, 2019, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by capngeo

This part of the world the FD has ladder trucks for that purpose... do they not have them in China?

They have them there their response time would be about on par with any other crowded city exactly 3 minutes after the last person died. This is no fault of the FDs they simply cannot have a ladder truck pre staged on every other street corner.
For this guy to see the smoke or flames then make the decision to try and help knowing he would have to rig down drive the 300 meters rig up and begin saving as many as he could tells a lot about how far away the nearest FD may have been located.

**Al8236** · Sep 25, 2019, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Frank S

They have them there their response time would be about on par with any other crowded city exactly 3 minutes after the last person died. This is no fault of the FDs they simply cannot have a ladder truck pre staged on every other street corner.
For this guy to see the smoke or flames then make the decision to try and help knowing he would have to rig down drive the 300 meters rig up and begin saving as many as he could tells a lot about how far away the nearest FD may have been located.

It is also possible that the owner has not paid for fire protection.
Not everywhere in the world if the fire department a public service.

**Frank S** · Sep 25, 2019, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by Al8236

It is also possible that the owner has not paid for fire protection.
Not everywhere in the world if the fire department a public service.

You are correct there are some countries where police and fire protection is more of a privilege than a service. Some developing countries hardly have either but even in some emerging countries wealth plays a large factor in who or what gets saved.