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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Everyone wants to make a point but; 1. If you look at the angles on the hose it could have been accomplished by going under the car more efficiently or using the ball valve coupling it seems to be hooked to direct the hose down the street which seems to be the way it is headed. 2. The owner of the car is not known or addressed here so they may have parked here for a very good reason possibly because of the fire so until that is understood not criticism for parking there either. It is a good example of what not to do for both points of view. I did not read any of the previous posts before I wrote this it is only my observations from looking at the picture and I have been in both positions before so it is just my opinion.
Your statement ” The owner of the car is not known or addressed here so they may have parked here for a very good reason possibly because of the fire so until that is understood not criticism for parking there either” is absolutely retarded. If they parked there “because of the fire,” they deserve even worse.
Yes definitely.
Prevention of loss of life and property of a fire takes priority over protection of a vehicle illegally blocking access to the most important tool necessary to protect those lives and property.
As a firefighter I believe it was necessary . As a civilian I should already know not to park near a fire hydrant,and assume all responsibility if an emergency arises . If your department SOP states ” take Windows if a car is parked ” you follow SOP or Commanding Officer . In the eyes of the law your automatically wrong and will receive a ticket and have to repair the windows at the owners cost , so there’s no need to sue .
As a NYS Firefighter i totally agree with breaking his Windows. He should have not parked in front of a hydrant.
After the fire was out i would of called the local PD and had him towed