EVOC Responce and return

[HFD23 37]

BALTIMORE APPARATUS CRASH

3/13/2006- Baltimore Fire department officials say four people were hurt when a van and a fire engine collided yesterday in West Baltimore. It happened about 2;15 in the 15-hundred block of West Lafayette Avenue while the fire truck was returning from a call. Fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright says the engine was using its lights and siren. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene. Two people in the van were taken to Shock Trauma with non-life-threatening injuries. Four other people in the van refused treatment. The accident remains under investigation.

The above take form www.Firefighterclose calls.com

i think it best not to comment on the above case untill all the facts come out, granted we know the media often doesn't have the whole story, however i pose a question to the members of this board.

How many of your departments return from calls with lights and sirens? What would the purpose of this be and doesn't it put more people at risk?

Where is the good old EVOC statement Due regard?

Here is a Good EVOC article

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/a...onId=15&id=6957

Edited March 13, 2006 by HFD23

[hatr1k 6]

As far as I know in my department we do not return to the station with lights on. After all its not an emergency. Avoids confusion too.