Fire Engines Photos

It appears this service would be well advised to give some additional safety training to their drivers/operators. Positioning the truck on the double yellow lines on the wrong side on a blind bend may be justifiable under certain extreme emergency conditions, but it hardly seems appropriate for a hedge fire.

Added by Rob Johnson on 02 April 2012.

There were two crew directing traffic. And actually given that on arrival flames were in the roadway and the hosereels would have been across the road the choice was the safest given the circumstances. Also it is positioned to protect the crew which wree tackling this and stopped it spreading further into the adjoining carport/property. Pictures dont tell the whole story. Path narrow, road narrow, fire into roadway, danger of further spread. Common sense I think in minimizing traffic delays, protecting crew and ensuring no further spread. Road needed to be kept open due to another ongoing incident 1 mile away.

Added by Gary Simpson on 03 April 2012.

I was taught many moons ago to block the road in circumstances like this. Traffic has to stop until plod turns up to direct it.

Added by Firebum on 05 April 2012.

Ah, but you forget, the Great British public have "important places to be", or "just live down there, can't you just let me through, pretty please"

Added by PeteG on 06 April 2012.

lol Pete! Leading Hands response to public.........." unprintable"!

Added by Firebum on 07 April 2012.

In some places - including Germany and many US States - is is simply illegal for any driver to pass an emergency vehicle at any incident if its warning lights are on. That is, unless a police officer or fire service member actually directs them to.

If American drivers can be relied on to stop and wait for school buses, they can certainly stop for fire trucks and ambulances, even if the police are not present yet.

Where I live in Chicago, the CPD respond automatically to fire calls (except for AFAs) and often get to the incident first - the same seems to be true for most of this country and is also the practice in Germany.

Added by Rob Johnson on 07 August 2017.

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