Comments on: UPDATED: Radio traffic added from runaway fire engine with children on board at birthday party. Firefighter hurt in Anne Arundel County, MD incident.

By: fireman 16

fireman 16 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:37:55 +0000

dude seriously why werent the kids supervised?

By: Max

Max — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:17:45 +0000

Earleigh_Heights_Iceman: It was the volunteers, with their chief. So you lost your bet.

By: John S-B

John S-B — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:16:03 +0000

We as firefighters are constantly learning from the mistakes of of others. This one is just going to cost some cash to repair the truck, some scrapes, and a some deeply bruised ego’s. But let’s learn from this and not throw the baby out with the bathwater. They lucked out and had no serious losses, and we now have a wake up call to develop SOP’s when doing public service and educational programs. We know what the cause was, let’s fix it so it doesn’t happen again.

By: Earleigh_Heights_Iceman

Earleigh_Heights_Iceman — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:11:50 +0000

Does anyone know if it was a paid crew or a volley crew? I am betting a paid crew off chatting it up with the local Pasadena cougars!

By: Mack C-85

Mack C-85 — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:10:57 +0000

Justin, et.al: Why do we do these kind of public affairs events? Because “Paid for by the Community We Serve” is not only a slogan painted on the lower rear compartment doors of every piece (Two Engines, Engine-Tanker, Tower, and Heavy Rescue)in my last department, it is a statement of thanks for the donations, carnival patronage, and attendance of any other of many fund raising events that paid for that piece of equipment. The tax monies recieved from the county don’t cover the operating expenses, more of less, pay for capital expenses.

I agree supervision and wheel chocks are a must, but if showing a couple of kids through the engine gets a check written down the road to pay help for it, so be it.

By: play4keeps

play4keeps — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:16:21 +0000

This is the first incident of this kind(that we know of) after millions of American children climbed in and out of apparatus. Public service events where apparatus have been made open for children have been going on since the beginning a motorized apparatus. The Ret NJ Guy and Cozmosishit it on the head. In Washington, DC we have two guys watching at all times and we NEVER put a kid in the driver’s seat unless we are standing next to him on the step. Safety is one thing but this is just good common sense!

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By: Fireboots

Fireboots — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:07:26 +0000

Sure hope the FAO pays more attention to having the booster tank full of water or fuel in the truck than he or she does putting down their wheel chocks. Mistakes happen I know but its often the little things that will get you and lead to folks getting hurt or worse. Thank the Lord none of the kids were standing in front of the truck. In a Dept where I used to work all our trucks had a strip of tape on the dash right in front of the driver with one word on it. THINK!

By: Max

Max — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:20:45 +0000

I also pay taxes for the military. So can I go climb around a tank?