Local firefighter killed in wreck, going to call in POV.

I am sorry for the loss of a FF. Rid is right I agree with his stance in this. Going full response after being on a month, is a poor choice of the department, before one can drive our rig you have to be on 6months have X amount of drive time, and them go through your brass. Not wearing a seatbelt..I am sorry is just wrong, we preach it in our jobs, and not to practice it. As for him going POV to sence, speeding..there is no need. We are not emergancy people, the rigs are already rolling, its already been called in. No need to speed. Again lets all try and get something from this and keep going on.
 
Rid is correct on this one. This 18 year old is in fact a child. 65 does not seem unreasonable agaist the speed limit but it was unreasonable for this person to be able to drive safely. Responding to a car fire seems an unreasonable reason to be driving unsafely.
 
firecoins said:
65 does not seem unreasonable agaist the speed limit but it was unreasonable for this person to be able to drive safely
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That was my thought also. Quite often, people drive 10+ over the speed limit anyway. I wonder if there were other factors involved that were not mentioned in the article.
 
W1IM said:
That was my thought also. Quite often, people drive 10+ over the speed limit anyway. I wonder if there were other factors involved that were not mentioned in the article.
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If he was doing 65 in a 55 than you can bet there were other factors. Weather conditions or more likely this person was weaving between other vehicles.
 
Was there a blue light in use? Was the road curvy? Was it foggy? Too many variables to make an accurate assumption.
 
"Cummings said the fire destroyed the vehicle at Strickland Heights, but no one was injured. "

Just because it's on fire doesn't make it an emergency.
There's a reason the leadership of some local vollie departments won't sign POV light permits...

And yes, of course it's a tragedy as well.
 
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