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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Every call must be responded to as if human lives were at stake. That means having access to the nearest water supply. If it is later determined that everyone got out safely, fine, no big deal. But if someone WAS trapped inside and injured or killed because the FD wasted time trying to move an illegally parked car or finding another water source, well whose fault is it? Who gets sued? The FD should do everything they can to provide a fast, safe, and immediate response. That car should NOT have been parked there and the owner got what he deserved.
Take it out
They had every right to break the windows. What if the house was occupied & people trapped try to get water to them. Safety first
The department and the incident commander were absolutely in the right to bust those windows.
Being a volunteer firefighter myself I would of done the same thing. I’m not gunna wait around to try and find the owner to move the car and I’m sure not Gunna wait for a tow truck. They made the decision to park in front of the hydrant. A vehicle can be repaired lost of life can’t be.