69 Camaro destroyed

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by Sieg

When seconds count they're only minutes away.

Easy to talk sh!t from your armchair. Try getting a few blocks in modern traffic with lights and sirens on. I am responsible for the four souls on board and every person out there in my path. Sending tweets, pulling to the left and slamming on their brakes, speeding past us and turning in front of us, most just ignore us and keep driving. Still. I am held to a 3 minute response time on all my first in addresses. If I show up seconds late on the scene, I have to explain why.

We get some of the dirtiest looks you can imagine (from people on the phone) because we inconvience people with all of our loud noise and rushing around. I promise you, we ain't going for doughnuts.


Jeff-

[Vegas69]

Nothing would have prevented this outcome except a master cut of switch. It caught fire while they were driving down the road. Clearly, from a major short, likely a battery cable. This is exactly why I installed one on my car shortly before I sold it.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Easy to talk sh!t from your armchair. Try getting a few blocks in modern traffic with lights and sirens on. I am responsible for the four souls on board and every person out there in my path. Sending tweets, pulling to the left and slamming on their brakes, speeding past us and turning in front of us, most just ignore us and keep driving. Still. I am held to a 3 minute response time on all my first in addresses. If I show up seconds late on the scene, I have to explain why.

We get some of the dirtiest looks you can imagine (from people on the phone) because we inconvience people with all of our loud noise and rushing around. I promise you, we ain't going for doughnuts.


Jeff-

The message was a fact............I'm talking seconds, not minutes. You can't rely on someone else to protect your person or equipment. Even if 3 minutes is achieved that car was still a total loss.

I just had a fire in August and was lucky.

Here's a friend's car that wasn't so lucky a couple years ago:


Before:


Cause - Negligent packing and protection measures. Metal support rod was not secured or came lose and fell on a battery (not adequately protected) shorted and cause the fire while traveling down the interstate returning from a Canadian race.

We are responsible for protecting our person and property not someone else.
If you under-insure and are dependent on others you better be lucky.

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Easy to talk sh!t from your armchair. Try getting a few blocks in modern traffic with lights and sirens on. I am responsible for the four souls on board and every person out there in my path. Sending tweets, pulling to the left and slamming on their brakes, speeding past us and turning in front of us, most just ignore us and keep driving. Still. I am held to a 3 minute response time on all my first in addresses. If I show up seconds late on the scene, I have to explain why.

We get some of the dirtiest looks you can imagine (from people on the phone) because we inconvience people with all of our loud noise and rushing around. I promise you, we ain't going for doughnuts.


Jeff-

Amen brother!! Firefighter/paramedic of 14 years here. When it doesn't affect them, they don't care when we are trying to get to a scene.

[Vegas69]

His point wasn't to kick firefighters in the balls. It's taking 100% ownership for your own life and possessions.

[Beegs]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

His point wasn't to kick firefighters in the balls. It's taking 100% ownership for your own life and possessions.

That's what I got from it also.

[Sandbagger]

Arlington is a busy suburb . Had a bad accident there myself . 20 year old girl put me in the hospital for a week .
Hope it was insured .

[WSSix]

Wow is that unfortunate. It would be interesting to find out what happened. I know my TA sits with the battery disconnected at all times.



Guys, Scott isn't talking bad about first responders. Unless you happen to be right there, nothing you could have done would have saved that car. His comment was correct. The point was you have to take the precautions yourself because it does take responders time to respond.

[Track Junky]

That was painful.

[MarkM66]

It's just a car. Sh!t happens. That's what insurance is for.