An accident just occurred on Rt. 13 and Gordy Road. Can you imagine if this was a Smart Car? Is that a LADDER TRUCK on the scene?????
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Many ladder trucks carry an extensive amount of recue equipment on board including portable hurst tools, aka, "The Jaws of Life."
ReplyDeleteTruck 2 is a "quint". It is equipped to function in many capacities, to include an engine or rescue squad. Your truck in Delmar is the same way. By comparison, truck 16 is just a basic ladder truck with no pump/water on board.
ReplyDeleteWhat else would they use a ladder truck for around here?
ReplyDeletei bet she dont burn much diesel???
ReplyDeleteIt's still a fire truck on an EMERGENCY CALL. You are simple. It carries medical equipment, water, and rescue tools. Again emergency call = fire truck response. I guess that Delmar education of yours didn't go that in depth on common sense.
ReplyDeleteHey, take it easy guys. Look, let me see if I can turn this around a little bit.
ReplyDeleteThank You for letting us know a Laddr Truck carries all this equipment to a scene. Until you posted these comments about the Jaws of Life and so forth, I was clueless.
You have to admit, seeing a Ladder Truck at an accident scene is in most eyes very, shall we say, unusual? Now we know it's not.
I'll close with this. I still think it's stupid carrying all that extra weight and the wear and tear on such an expensive vehicle. You might get 50 years out of it if it wasn't run to scenes like this. But there may not be room on other Fire Trucks for this equipment?
Another good example of Poor Smart Growth. Take your life in your hands up there. I'd take the Connelly Mill backroad to Delmar before I go threw that mess.
ReplyDeleteBe alot less wear and tear if Truck 2 were stationed on Naylor Mill Rd. where it belongs, but no money to build a substation since the king built his castle.
ReplyDeletecouldnt it just have "been on its way and happened to stop" gooooood lord fellas.
ReplyDelete"been on its way and happened to stop" Oh come on, you're KIDDING me, right? What are you trying to say? They were on their way to pick up dinner up North and they just happened to come across this accident? This better not be the case!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of accidents MSP wrecked a car this morning about 3am at the intersection of Rt 59 and Nanticoke Rd. Cruiser hit a small pickup. 1 from each vehicle taken to hospitol. Not sure how bad the injuries are. Both vehicles looked like they should be totaled.
ReplyDeleteJoe, with all your wisdom that you think you possess, you should attempt to be the next Fire Chief. With your command of the English language, I bet your memos would be taken seriously by all.
ReplyDeleteThe debate about a quint's versitility vs.the added wear and tear has been going on since they were invented. There are good points on both sides of the argument. I don't know the specifics of this call, but I've willing to bet the duty crew was returning from another call, at training or out getting lunch (firefighters have to eat too) when this call came in. It would be stupid to return and change over to the engine, when Truck 2 is certainly able to do the job. In a perfect situation, this would not be the choice to respond to a MVA.
ReplyDeleteChief See said...
ReplyDelete8:43 PM
Joe, do you really think this was your buddy? What a f*#king clueless a$$whole himself.
Make sure you take some pictures of the drunk a$$whole tomorrow in Crisfield while he is sucking up to the mare.
Thanks for admitting your mistake of your observations.
What were the 2 EMS crews doing down at the river on Carroll and Waverly Drive tonight about 8:30pm?
ReplyDeleteThe career staff at Station 2 staff the ladder truck 5 days a week from 0700-1700
ReplyDeleteNot sure if it was 2 EMS crews or 2 engines (or both). C-shift was working and they were doing their daily training of drafting operations. We have a gentleman on the shift who is in the process of getting certified to drive/operate fire appratus and this area is a perfect place to learn the much needed technique of drafting from a large water source. The crew chose to do this after dinner instead of during the middle of a rather hot day. No emergency just daily training. Thanks for your interest.
ReplyDeleteRob Frampton BS, FF/NREMT-P