News Footage: Fires and Fire Fighters

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Pinnacles National Monument Fire (07/20-21/1978): Sign leading into Pinnacles National Monument, inside shot of park ranger talking to woman, fire fighter in yellow suit and hat discussing map with two men, images of the fire burning in the park, California Division of Forestry worker getting in a fire truck, hillside on fire, burning embers, (the next morning) bright sunlight over the park, huge smoke clouds coming from hillside areas, fire still burning out of control in some areas, ranger stands on edge of hillside surveying the damage, helicopter flies through the smoke, rangers and fire fighters stand around talking, fire fighters resting on the side of a road, Hollister Airport with plane taking off, CU on mechanics underneath a plane (one is a woman), CU on man with yellow hardhat, mirrored aviator glasses and blonde mustache wearing work coveralls Jaws of Life/ Santa Clara County (06/07/1978): Fire fighters on scene of accident, car is completely mangled, firefighters are setting up the jaws of life at the front of the car, another fire fighter is helping an injured man with bloody arm, ambulance workers are setting up the back of the ambulance for an injured person, a man and a woman are wheeled into the ambulance, the woman looks to be in bad shape, another man with a neck brace sits in the passenger seat of the ambulance, woman in ambulance is bloody and obviously in loads of pain, another man is pulled from the wrecked car, ambulance is the old style stretch/limo variety, bystanders on side of the road, ambulance drives off San Jose Fire Dept.: In the midst of a full alarm fire, fire fighters drag hose up to the flames, fire fighter on ladder pumps water into the fire, a huge building is completely engulfed in flames, great shot of window covered in flames, fire fighters using hoses and other water pumps to put out the fire, aerial shot of fire truck on a city street, fire fighter using a long rod to break down a wall, fire fighter carrying a hose through an already charred building Hayward Fire Dept. (1978): Yellow fire truck, two fire fighters (one a woman) unloading equipment from the back of the truck, fire fighters are using a lift to get underneath a car, clearly the woman is learning how to use the machinery, after fire fighters finish the drill, they get in the yellow truck and drive off Castro Valley Fire Dept. (1978): External shot of the fire station, man sits inside fire truck, workers dealing with various fire machinery, one macho Johnny Cash-looking guy leads the other men around on tasks and repairs