https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DR1nUllPNY
How could that have happened...?
After they crash, they keep on going as if nothing had happened.
So much for EVOC...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxC2OOSEPyQ
I don't even know what to say about it...
 

Edited July 30, 201411 yr by starcraftguy1

To respond to your top video the department was using a spare ladder and the brakes failed. So instead of wiping out the crowd the driver chose to put it into the cement wall to stop it. If I remember correctly they had reports of people trapped in the building so the crew went into life saving mode instead of worrying about the old truck. Great EVOC in my opinion. This video was all over Firehouse.com/FireRescueTV/Statter911 a while back and that's where the entire story was located. 

To respond to your top video the department was using a spare ladder and the brakes failed. So instead of wiping out the crowd the driver chose to put it into the cement wall to stop it. If I remember correctly they had reports of people trapped in the building so the crew went into life saving mode instead of worrying about the old truck. Great EVOC in my opinion. This video was all over Firehouse.com/FireRescueTV/Statter911 a while back and that's where the entire story was located. 

Oh ok, I didn't know that...

I take back my comment...

 

Seems like both incidents the firefighters were not directly at fault, and seemed to handle the situation well after the problem was encountered

 
But this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iuks_zIBkE

 

This just seems ridiculous a fire truck parked on railroad tracks after responding to a vehicle accident, and while the news said they were ripping the driver of the truck for parking it there, I think they should rip all the firefighters aboard the truck and even the cop that can be seen pulling their car away from the tracks just before the train hits, they ALL should know better than this.

Edited July 31, 201411 yr by RexCramer

Seems like both incidents the firefighters were not directly at fault, and seemed to handle the situation well after the problem was encountered

 

But this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iuks_zIBkE

 

This just seems ridiculous a fire truck parked on railroad tracks after responding to a vehicle accident, and while the news said they were ripping the driver of the truck for parking it there, I think they should rip all the firefighters aboard the truck and even the cop that can be seen pulling their car away from the tracks just before the train hits, they ALL should know better than this.

Doesn't anyone have anything better to do than find videos that give them a reason to rip on firefighters and police officers? We do ballsier shit on a daily basis than 99% of the people who are going to read this. If you weren't there, you don't know the story.

However, it is the DISPATCHER who is responsible for alerting the train company that the FD/PD is operating near or on the tracks. The train operator should then have the common sense to slow down when they are entering the area of the situation. Not only that, but you could see the truck on the truck from a distance away. Why didn't the train stop or significantly slow down? I'm sorry, but I can't stand when people immediately jump to judge and show no respect for the people who are responsible for protecting your life every day. 

Doesn't anyone have anything better to do than find videos that give them a reason to rip on firefighters and police officers? We do ballsier shit on a daily basis than 99% of the people who are going to read this. If you weren't there, you don't know the story.

However, it is the DISPATCHER who is responsible for alerting the train company that the FD/PD is operating near or on the tracks. The train operator should then have the common sense to slow down when they are entering the area of the situation. Not only that, but you could see the truck on the truck from a distance away. Why didn't the train stop or significantly slow down? I'm sorry, but I can't stand when people immediately jump to judge and show no respect for the people who are responsible for protecting your life every day. 

 

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