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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Park there suffer the consequences. When I was a Firefighter in Virginia we would have done the same thing!
Absolutely!!! They should not have park there hopefully that taught them a lesson.
No ! It took them longer to break the window, and fish it threw , than it would just to throw it over the car.
This is just a vicious act to prove a point.
and your just an ID 10 T. I assume you are a politician who believes in being politically correct. Have you ever broken a car window? Have you ever Laid hose and pumped water through it for a fire? Breaking a car window takes meer seconds and going up and over the vehicle will restrict water flow. So think before you try to play politician and monday morning quarterback.
Been there, done that. Yes it was necessary.
There’s 2 things a fire company can do in that situation one its to do what they did and the other is to remove the vehicle with the bumper of the truck. Also, keep in mind that hindsight is 20/20. Sure the house may have been vacant but was that information divulged to the fire Dept. Before they arrived on scene. Also, they don’t know if kids or squatters were in the house.
Bottom line is don’t illegally park your vehicle in front of a hydrant. The gentleman who parked his car there was lucky it was a vacant house because if the Dept couldn’t access the hydrant because of this person and somebody got killed he’d be riddled with guilt at the least