Funny? It blew out the windshield and seriously hurt the driver. 250 psi in straight stream. What would have been funny would have been watching the two who bailed out give the other guy a beat down.
Well, if you want to dance, you have to pay the piper. I think it was funny, they both SHOULD have known there was a possibility of damaging the trucks, but instead they decided to act stupid and fight with TRUCKS. So they got what they deserved.
I wasn't at this camp, but I was over there when this happened, and I knew a couple of the guys who were on assignment there.
That's an Oshkosh Ti-3000 from an "undisclosed" location in northern Iraq. At low setting the roof turret pushes 500gpm. It was, as you can imagine, a bad day.
Rhett Fleitz is a Lieutenant with the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department in the City of Roanoke, Virginia. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Roanoke Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local #1132. Rhett is currently continuing historical research and data collection after the Late Captain Wiseman. In 2006, he completed his first book, "Firefighting in Roanoke", a pictorial look at the history of the Fire Service in the City of Roanoke.
"Firefighting in Roanoke" is available online or you can purchase it in Roanoke at The Roanoke Antique Mall, The Transportation Museum, or the Williamson Road Pharmacy.
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7 comments:
Was that RT and Rose?
You got to love our TAX dollars at work-Gish
That would be fun to try to explain...
Looks like something Dubose and Beans would do.
Funny? It blew out the windshield and seriously hurt the driver. 250 psi in straight stream. What would have been funny would have been watching the two who bailed out give the other guy a beat down.
Well, if you want to dance, you have to pay the piper. I think it was funny, they both SHOULD have known there was a possibility of damaging the trucks, but instead they decided to act stupid and fight with TRUCKS. So they got what they deserved.
I wasn't at this camp, but I was over there when this happened, and I knew a couple of the guys who were on assignment there.
That's an Oshkosh Ti-3000 from an "undisclosed" location in northern Iraq. At low setting the roof turret pushes 500gpm. It was, as you can imagine, a bad day.
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