couldn t physically do it. go this way. go this way. go this way. january 2010. a two-story home in the town of randolph, new jersey, is on fire and it s a life or death call. when they called us, they told us it was a house fire with people possibly trapped in the structure. alan bell jr. is an 11-year veteran of the dover volunteer fire department. his colleague, louis morales, with the randolph fire department, is also on the scene. we saw a lot of smoke coming from the first floor and lot of smoke coming from the second floor, in the front of the house. morales learns a woman is trapped on the second floor. he and his team quickly assess the situation. when i arrived, i just saw the randolph fire department on scene establishing water supply and trying to get into the building to be able to make a rescue of the victim that was reportedly trapped. shortly after arriving, alan bell pulls out a brand-new
smoke caught up to her. it s not until alan bell is able to catch his breath that he remembers he s wearing a camera on his helmet. once you settle down and all your adrenaline s over, then is when i realized i think i was filming all this. the first time i watched it, it was scary, you know, because you see yourself going through this. this is not a good experience. come on down head first! both firefighters hope others can learn from the video captured by alan bell s helmet camera. my primary goal of the video was to use for training. and that we all should train for the highest level possible. you can see what happens. it s all on camera. mayday. firefighter down. coming up, h2 whoa! all of a sudden i feel the blast of water hit me and that was it. i think the sprinklers came on.
stayed down there. when the police officers and a couple other people started screaming for a ladder. we need a ladder now! i grabbed the ladder and me and another guy, we ran around the side. what bell then captures on his helmet cam is unreal. he reaches the side of the house and sees morales hanging out of the window. i do remember seeing lots of people coming towards me, police officers, firefighters. we don t always run into this. we train for it, but you don t expect it to happen. i recognized at that point when i was coming out of the window that it was firefighter alan bell that was on the scene, i felt really glad that he was there. bell and the others raced to get a ladder up to morales, and they don t have a moment to spare. i got to be honest with you, once i started to come out the window, i was really exhausted. being that he was outside,
she was in this window right here. if we can get this up to the window! morales makes his way inside. a lot of smoke, very black, dark smoke. we could see some flames seeping through the first floor going into the second floor. the room got bright real quick and started getting really, really hot. i ve been in prior fires, and i have never experienced the type of heat i experienced that day. meanwhile, outside at the back of the house, alan bell is assisting other firefighters. we were making entry and climbing up on the roof, and there was a ladder extended there. but suddenly, louis morales signals he s in trouble. police officer went by and i yelled at him that i was burning up, that they needed to get a ladder to me. couple other guys went up to the top of the ladder and i
morales makes his way inside. a lot of smoke. very black, dark smoke. we could see some flames seeping through the first floor going into the second floor. the room got bright real quick, and started getting really, really hot. i ve been in prior fires, and i have never experienced the type of heat i experienced that day. yeah, guys, here. meanwhile, outside at the back of the house, alan bell is assisting other firefighters. we were making entry and climbing up on the roof and there was a ladder extended there. but suddenly, lewis morales signals he s in trouble. police officer went by and i yelled at him that, you know, i was burning up. that they needed to get a ladder to any. couple other guys went up to the top of the ladder. i stayed down there. when police officers and a