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.
What do you think? Take our poll and sound off in the comments section below.
Volly EMT here and used to live in that area.
COME ON, look at the picture. This looks like a FF on a power trip trying to make a point; this wasn’t done out of necessity. And people wonder why there’s so much hate for emergency services?
1. The hose goes off to the left behind the car, so why couldn’t they use the side tap on the hydrant and go around the front? It would make a more gentle bend in the hose.
2. It seems like it made a bigger kink in the hose to go up to the height of the window and back down again on the far side (2 bends), rather than just down, under the car, and along the ground the whole length (1 bend).
3. Breaking the windows and getting the hose through them likely took more time than just slinging the hose under the car.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. Yes the person was wrong to park in front of the hydrant, but you don’t have to make a bad situation worse. Be nice and presume the best intentions in others. You’ll live a longer, happier, less angry life, and the world will be a better place.
My answer: YES
EXPLINATION:
New drivers, old drivers, etc. remember taking the drivers test? On every single test regardless there is a damn q and a about the firehydrants and firestations and parking infront or near them and how far to park or where to park has never changed except for the distance possibly.
1. A firefighter does not have free time to baby sit the driver of the vehicle and hunt them down to move the vehicle and waste precious time.
2. By law, if you are interfering with an emergency response you could end up getting fined and or go to jail for a long time or whatever.
3. Obstruction of blocking an emergency responces resource when each hydrant states do not block (a ring on the front face of the hydrant) is illegal.
SO MOVE IT OR RISK IT OF BEING BROKEN IN TO SAVE LIVES!
How come the media completely ignores the meaning of the word “illegal” anymore? They clearly state the SUV was illegally parked and yet they try to imply with this “quiz” that they may be the victim here.
The owner should be fined, have had the car towed (after the firefighters were finished) for illegal parking & pay all fees. The fire department did the right thing for sure!
I am fine with it. If the car is there break them. They need to get to the hydrant. As quick as possible