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Firefighters from the Westborough Fire Department, Westborough, Massachusetts, pull a victim from a car that was on fire and entangled in live power lines. Around the 1:00 minute mark, the victim is seen being pulled to safety. The incident occurred Friday at West Main Street and West Street.
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Great save by the Westborough Jakes!
Gutsy move. Nice save Brothers. I almost hate to mention this, but, please tell me that Engine is not as close as it appears in the video.
As a boss this has always been one of my nightmare scenarios. Great job! How did they get him out without touching the car?
Hot Stick?
I can remember we had a call with 2 major power lines down near a large commerical building,we had the area well closed off and we had a hell of a time keeping idot drivers from driving over them.
From the 1969 NFPA Handbook Page 15-8
Safe distance from hose nozzle to electrical equipment – 1934 Paris France fire brigade tests : 60,000 volts to ground : 1/4 inch nozzle – 20 feet : 3/4 inch nozzle – 40 feet : 5/4 inch nozzle – 72 feet
Toledo Edison tests ; January 1967 : 138,000 volts phase to phase – 1.5 inch solid stream – minimum distance is 20 feet : 2.5 inch solid stream – 30 feet
The bottom line here is – tests have been done in the past to determine that some distances are safe for firefighters. There are many variables. Maybe recent tests have shown different results.
Good job.
Always be very careful though. Those lower voltage primary lines that feed the pole mounted transformers run from around 7,200 – 7,620 volts. For context, the electric chair ran around 2,000 volts and at much more limited current flow.