Poll: Do you agree with breaking SUV’s windows during N.J. fire response?

Poll: Do you agree with breaking SUV’s windows during N.J. fire response?
A hose runs from a fire hydrant through two windows of a Honda SUV in Pennsauken after crews responded to a house fire on May 27, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Ted Aurig)

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.

115 thoughts on “Poll: Do you agree with breaking SUV’s windows during N.J. fire response?”

  1. As a former firefighter, I FULLY support smashing the windows……maybe next time the fool will remember what happened and not block the hydrant!!!!

  2. Have you ever pulled up on a fire with people inside, and cant get to the hydrant??? Yes whatever you have to do!!!

  3. I will say this. “Lessons learned the hard way are never forgotten.” Bet they will never block a fire hydrant again.

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