(Video) Saddle Brook,NJ 2nd Alarm 7/15/16

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Where to begin without being a Monday Morning Quarterback.  Maybe someone with more knowledge of the situation can offer some insight unavailable from simply viewing the video.  Why was Rochelle Parks TL put in service rather than Saddle Brooks? I assume the additional departments were for manpower and relief due to the heat.  I assume it was hot since the one SB Chief was in tennis sneakers and the other in shorts.   This appears to be another example of why I have previously called for the utility companies to maintain 24/7 lights and siren response to emergencies such as this.  Nothing like standing around watching a house burn while the service feeds continue to arc. 

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I found it interesting that it appeared that someone felt confident enough to have an outside line going in the rear, but no one felt they could safely make stretch inside? I guess the benefit of the doubt says, that an inside line may have been likely to be misdirected and complete a "circuit" with something charged by the service drop... Aluminum siding? Was there no opportunity to perform even a search and then salvage? Clearly don't have all he facts, but I know I'd be disappointed if that was our FD.