Ethanol4all
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Hm, been a while since i've been here...
Hi all,
Well...me and my partner were driving down a crowded LA street, going to pick up a patient on a routine transport call (our last one for the day), when i smelled something burning. My partner didn't notice it at first, but as we got closer, we noticed that a Metro bus was pulled over, and the engine (located in the back) had caught fire. We glanced at each other, groaned slightly, and pulled over to see what was going on.
Notified dispatch, lights turned on, stopped/redirected traffic real quick, blah blah...
When we got down and got closer, the interesting thing was that no one was really around. Now the bus was filled with smoke, which got me scared a bit because i could barely see inside. I, at that point, did not know whether there were people inside or not. My partner actually opens the door (he's an experienced EMT by the way, 10 years he claims) and ACTUALLY RAN INTO THE SMOKING BUS screaming, "Is ANYBODY in there?" <_<. He came out coughing , saying that no one responded.
Hm, I thought...looked around, and at the way end of the block, hiding behind a building, taking pics with his camera phone and waiting expectedly, I noticed a man in a Metro bus driver uniform. "EXCUSE ME, SIR! COULD YOU COME HERE FOR A MOMENT PLEASE"
This guy was SO paranoid/convinced that the bus was gonna explode, that it made ME paranoid at that point because i hadn't really even thought of it. "Uh oh," i thought, and I second guessed myself. Can it really explode? I remember hearing/reading that cars RAREELLYYY actually EXPLODE (like in tv/movies), but I wasn't really sure at that point? Anyways, he got close enough to give me confirmation that no one was inside, and we awaited for Fire, who came and promptly put it out.
Any comments on the scenario? And please be gentle to my partner guys, who gave himself high flow O2 via Mask after the incidence ... hope he doesn't read this post lol...
Good to be back, btw.
Hi all,
Well...me and my partner were driving down a crowded LA street, going to pick up a patient on a routine transport call (our last one for the day), when i smelled something burning. My partner didn't notice it at first, but as we got closer, we noticed that a Metro bus was pulled over, and the engine (located in the back) had caught fire. We glanced at each other, groaned slightly, and pulled over to see what was going on.
Notified dispatch, lights turned on, stopped/redirected traffic real quick, blah blah...
When we got down and got closer, the interesting thing was that no one was really around. Now the bus was filled with smoke, which got me scared a bit because i could barely see inside. I, at that point, did not know whether there were people inside or not. My partner actually opens the door (he's an experienced EMT by the way, 10 years he claims) and ACTUALLY RAN INTO THE SMOKING BUS screaming, "Is ANYBODY in there?" <_<. He came out coughing , saying that no one responded.
Hm, I thought...looked around, and at the way end of the block, hiding behind a building, taking pics with his camera phone and waiting expectedly, I noticed a man in a Metro bus driver uniform. "EXCUSE ME, SIR! COULD YOU COME HERE FOR A MOMENT PLEASE"
This guy was SO paranoid/convinced that the bus was gonna explode, that it made ME paranoid at that point because i hadn't really even thought of it. "Uh oh," i thought, and I second guessed myself. Can it really explode? I remember hearing/reading that cars RAREELLYYY actually EXPLODE (like in tv/movies), but I wasn't really sure at that point? Anyways, he got close enough to give me confirmation that no one was inside, and we awaited for Fire, who came and promptly put it out.
Any comments on the scenario? And please be gentle to my partner guys, who gave himself high flow O2 via Mask after the incidence ... hope he doesn't read this post lol...
Good to be back, btw.