Firefighters rushed to a pre-dawn blaze, a fire at a vacant house was extinguished and nobody was injured. Overall, the response by Pennsauken crews could be considered a success.
There’s just one thing: Did they have to break two windows on an illegally-parked car to douse the fire?
“This person made the conscious decision to park in front of the fire hydrant. Windows can be replaced; people cannot,” Pennsauken fire Chief Jospeh Palumbo said.
Firefighters rushed to a pre-dawn blaze, a fire at a vacant house was extinguished and nobody was injured. Overall, the response by Pennsauken crews could be considered a success.
There’s just one thing: Did they have to break two windows on an illegally-parked car to douse the fire?
“This person made the conscious decision to park in front of the fire hydrant. Windows can be replaced; people cannot,” Pennsauken fire Chief Jospeh Palumbo said.
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Absolutely they did the right thing. I remember hearing about fire fighters having to do this when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. Your car is not move important than keeping people safe. If you don’t want your windows broken don’t block hydrants
Yup break it. Shouldn’t have been there in the first place. I know my husband would break it if it was his fire scene as well.
Fire Apparatus has a bumper strong enough to PUSH the offending vehicle to allow a no-ink hookup. Damage to the bumper??? Add it to the illegally parked vehicles charges along with a state citation.
That would make a great advertisement for the next stupid car that besides the parking front of a fire hydrant. There is a reason for that hydrants are there and they are not parking meters. I’ve been driving for 35 years and I know not to park near a fire hydrant. If you knowingly break the law, there are consequences to pay in that SUV took a chance on allowing a fire to continue because he blocked the fire Hydrant. If the car is owner’s house was on fire, I’m sure he would not like it if the fire hydrant the could’ve saved his house was blocked. I get credit for the fast thinking of the fireman For using the fire hydrants. That’s why they are there.
Of course it’s justified. They need water, he’s blocking the hydrant, they break his windows so they can get it.
He’s an idiot for parking in front of a fire hydrant in the first place.