you fucked up.

7/10/2009 3:06:46 PM

bonk

7/10/2009 3:07:57 PM

fucked up in several ways imo

7/10/2009 3:08:17 PM

ibtevan

7/10/2009 3:08:38 PM

they're doing it wrong

7/10/2009 3:08:53 PM

more like raleigh fail department

7/10/2009 3:10:24 PM

got a link?

7/10/2009 3:10:41 PM

is this recent?
are the firefighters injured??

7/10/2009 3:11:25 PM

3 injured.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5546712/

They were just hooking it up to a wrecker to flip it back when I drove past around 1. The driver in the back is lucky that he didn't get smushed.

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM. Reason : link not image]

7/10/2009 3:12:42 PM

They do go zooming around town like assholes in those things. Even for fire trucks... I saw one rolling like 40 down the middle of the only two open lanes on Hillsborough St through the construction at like 1 pm one day. That's just fucking retarded. Just take Clark or go over to Western.

7/10/2009 3:12:59 PM

Quote :

"Raleigh, N.C. — Three people were injured Friday morning when a fire truck overturned in downtown Raleigh, police said. Preliminary information indicates that three occupants of the truck were injured, and at least two were taken to a local hospital, Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said. The extent of those injuries were unknown, but Sughrue said they were not believed to be life-threatening. The wreck happened at about 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of Dawson and West South streets. Dawson Street was closed at Lenoir Street for more than an hour following the wreck. West South Street between Dawson and McDowell streets was closed for more than four hours, Sughrue said. Further information about the wreck was not immediately available."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5546712/

7/10/2009 3:13:15 PM

omg
my daddy is a firefighter (not in raleigh)
but stuff like this, the ocracoke fireworks fiasco, and the movie Ladder 49 makes me worry SOO much about him


=/

7/10/2009 3:19:32 PM

These are more fails:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCUTKqXf-wE (close fail)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3uoVOOlT2s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slAfw1KZft4

This is why you get hundreds of hours of training before you even get into one of these things - this isn't your F150. And also why you wear a seatbelt. Still, shit happens and auto accidents are more likely to claim FF lives than actual fire. And most of the time, the fault lies with the idiot civilians that freak out at intersections when they see red lights behind them.

When you see lights, pull to the RIGHT!

7/10/2009 3:19:42 PM

does the guy in the second video just keep walking away, down the sidewalk? LOL

7/10/2009 3:24:17 PM

7/10/2009 4:03:46 PM

So... I wonder how much it's going to cost to fix it up...

I mean, firetrucks aren't cheap...

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 4:15 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2009 4:08:30 PM

is it bad karma to talk shit about a firefighter that epic failed in his job driving a fire truck?

i mean, like is it bad to talk about a fighter pilot who, oh, i dunno, boltered on 4 attempts to land his aircraft and had to ditch it in the ocean?

are we to the point again where we can openly criticize those who suck at their job even though they are performing a noble task without the college aged psuedo-trotsky idealists making it impossible to have free speech?

7/10/2009 4:13:58 PM

Hm >_>

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=569431

7/10/2009 4:17:56 PM

maximus
Registered : 12/3/2000 (3140.9 days ago)

does not need your help. he has been navigating the site for nine years


ktx

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 4:22 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2009 4:22:37 PM

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"So... I wonder how much it's going to cost to fix it up..."

My rough estimate would be a lot. I'm sure they'll keep the truck and just do an overhaul, but shit.

I hope no highrises catch fire while that's in the shop.

7/10/2009 4:25:30 PM

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"I hope no highrises catch fire while that's in the shop."

They might have one come in from the surrounding area to help out but good call on that.

7/10/2009 4:35:36 PM

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"The incident caused about $950,000 in damage to the truck, according to the police report. A street sign belonging to the city of Raleigh also sustained about $200 in damage."

7/10/2009 4:46:11 PM

we had some firefighters come out to talk to our summer camp today... they told us about this incident. sucks.

7/10/2009 4:49:56 PM

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"A street sign belonging to the city of Raleigh also sustained about $200 in damage.""

i aint payin for no mutherfucking sign.

7/10/2009 4:55:14 PM

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"The incident caused about $950,000 in damage to the truck, according to the police report. "

lol.. I bet the deductible is more than $500

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM. Reason : .]

7/10/2009 5:19:59 PM

i drove past this unit today and asked the guy i was driving with, if they are first reponse, what happens now?

7/10/2009 5:42:32 PM

I wonder if it's the same one I saw driving around last night when I was at the Flying Saucer.

7/10/2009 6:28:23 PM

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" $950,000 in damage"

daamn! I didn't think a firetruck would cost more than $500k

7/10/2009 6:35:44 PM

that's probably one of the biggest trucks the city has

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 6:40 PM. Reason : most expensive, anyway]

7/10/2009 6:40:18 PM

That one cost $668,283.00 according to
http://www.legeros.com/ralwake/raleigh/apparatus/aerials/aerial-2004-pierce.shtml

Raleigh just purchased a couple new ladders at 825,000 a piece.

Quote :

"i drove past this unit today and asked the guy i was driving with, if they are first reponse, what happens now?"

Same thing that happens if any other truck gets in a wreck or has mechanical problems, you get on the radio and they send someone else. Its like 2 mouse clicks for dispatch to add the next closest unit.

7/10/2009 7:59:15 PM

poor ladder 4

that thing is hard as fuck to drive

look at the tiller box in the pics... it's a damn miracle the tillerman got out alive...

http://www.legeros.com/ralwake/photos/weblog/archives/archive_2009-m07.php#e2396

Quote :

"Units were dispatched to the accident at 10:52 a.m., including Engine 13, Ladder 8, Rescue 3, EMS 11, EMS 81, EMS 16, Medic 95, and District 1."

also,

Quote :

"Same thing that happens if any other truck gets in a wreck or has mechanical problems, you get on the radio and they send someone else. Its like 2 mouse clicks for dispatch to add the next closest unit."

is correct

7/10/2009 8:04:49 PM

How fast would they have to be going to roll that truck?

7/10/2009 8:17:24 PM

Quote :

"I wonder if it's the same one I saw driving around last night when I was at the Flying Saucer."

Thats the only hook and ladder I've seen around downtown and it's based out of the Dawson St station. I'm sure it's the same one.

Quote :

"All of the firefighters are assigned to Fire Station No. 1 at 220 S. Dawson St., Styons said. The truck they were traveling was a tiller truck, or a hook-and-ladder truck. The truck requires two drivers – one in the front to steer the front wheels and a driver in the back to steer the back wheels. Both drivers of the tiller truck involved in the accident have “extensive experience” driving the vehicle, Styons said. The wreck happened at about 10:50 a.m. at the intersection of Dawson and West South streets. The truck was making a left turn from Dawson Street onto West South Street when the driver and the rear driver had a miscommunication about making the left turn or continuing straight, according to the police report."

[Edited on July 10, 2009 at 8:23 PM. Reason : yep]

7/10/2009 8:21:54 PM

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"Thats the only hook and ladder I've seen around downtown and it's based out of the Dawson St station. I'm sure it's the same one."

it's the only one RFD has.

7/10/2009 9:26:56 PM

yeh, i was about to post ^. it's the only one. who's our backup?

7/10/2009 10:40:28 PM

Maybe something way out in durham?

Hopefully nothing that tall catches on fire any time soon and the smaller ladder trucks can handle it.

7/10/2009 10:43:01 PM

It's the only Tiller RFD has but RFD has other Ladder trucks that can handle high rise fires...then you also have Garner FD with Ladders and every other damn city surrounding Raleigh with Ladders of their own...so no need to worry....and let's not be so quick to blame the FFs...Both drivers had 30+ years of driving experience between them....the cause for the accident is still under investigation...and to the people complaining about RFD and their response speed: I would think you would want them to speed to your location if you were pinned-in a vehicle or trapped in a burning house...

7/10/2009 10:51:43 PM

I wouldn't blame them for any of it. shit happens, mistakes happen. no blame needed, not punishment needed, etc.

7/10/2009 10:52:45 PM

Quote :

"you [done] fucked up"

7/10/2009 10:55:04 PM

^^^yup.

you don't get to be a tillerman unless everyone is damn sure you know what you're doing.

and yeah, isn't the aerial on ladder 4 just as tall? or somewhat close?

and i know we have some in cary that were bought because of SAS

7/10/2009 11:29:00 PM

This ladder isn't any taller than the other, its 100' and Raleigh still has, I think, three 105' and a couple 100' and whatever is in reserve. This one was more maneuverable and could carry more equipment. They will probably do what the did last year when they flipped an engine (a brand new one too) on St. Albans and put a reserve ladder out at station 1.

7/11/2009 10:05:20 AM

the firefighters that talked to our camp kids were on a ladder truck that goes 105 ft. they said they have been having to respond to calls yesterday that the hook/ladder normally responded to. they also said each time they go downtown and back, it takes about a 1/4 tank of fuel (from a 60 gallon tank!)

7/11/2009 10:15:31 AM

Quote :

"A street sign belonging to the city of Raleigh sustained about $200 in damage."

Glad to hear the guys are ok.

Reading some of the WRAL posts, damn...., and I thought we were bad on here. Some idiots on there are just vicious.

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 4:05 PM. Reason : !]

7/11/2009 3:45:15 PM

Took out a tree or two as well.

7/11/2009 6:37:05 PM

fuck the trees, this was obviously an emergency

7/11/2009 6:38:18 PM

that is a very expensive truck, im glad the fire fighters are ok

7/11/2009 6:43:51 PM

I too have been fired from the department.

[Edited on July 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM. Reason : lol]

7/11/2009 7:22:40 PM

it's pretty obvious what happened there

the firetruck felt it was doing a good job, so it rolled over on it's back and waited for someone to rub its belly

7/11/2009 8:28:07 PM

7/11/2009 8:33:15 PM

like, imagine a wagging tail at the end of the truck in that picture

you know you see it too

i'm not crazy!

ILL BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN

7/11/2009 8:34:53 PM