Looking at that first video and a different video, it appears the ARFF crew is having some kind of issue with the Oshkosh P-19 truck. They're on scene in about 40 seconds, but never appear to get any effective fire attack going. They start with the roof turret, but it's in fog mode as opposed to straight stream and they're posted too far from the wreck for fog to reach the fire, even with the turret elevated, as can be seen. They then switch to the bumper turret, and it also appears to be initially in fog or somewhere in-between, then it arcs off to the right for some reason. Either the bumper turret joystick malfunctioning or being misued, or if they have the bumper oscillator engaged/on, it's either set to full right or malfunctioning. Either way, if things aren't very quickly working with the in-cab firefighting, then its time to pull up to the aircraft, dismount the truck, pull/activate one or both handlines from their compartments (water/foam on left, and PKP dry chemical on right, respectively) and begin initial fire attack that way. Priority is to get something going onto the fire ASAP, and if what you're attempting to use isn't working, that's no time to be troubleshooting for more than a couple of seconds; move on to the next suppression tool available. The light brush truck and water tender both arrive at about the 1:50 point, and there still wasn't any effective fire attack going on from the P-19
The P-19 is an easy truck to operate, but the engineer/operator has to be aware of the nuances, just like any other truck. Roof turret is 5 quick steps: Tank supply- On (normally always on), Agent select switch - water or foam/water, Discharge pattern - stream or fog, pull out lock pin on handle, flip the turret switch forward to ON. Roof turret is operated via a manual handle on the ceiling and pushbutton. Bumper turret is same first three steps, then the center console handle is moved forward to open the bumper discharge, and the bumper turret is controlled by an electric joystick for left/right/up/down. If the oscillator is used, it's left/right range has to be set for degrees left/right, oscillation speed set, and system switched on; quick and easy to do. Left/right movement of the bumper turret will then happen automatically as set, and up/down then controlled by the operator via joystick.
Madras airport, small as it is, does have this one P-19, operated by Jefferson County Fire District, even though there's no FAA requirement for the airport to have an ARFF truck. They've had it for about 2 years, acquired from the Oregon Dept of Forestry and formerly an ARFF rig at NAS Pt Mugu.
