Florida Pumper Rolls Out of Station

[IzzyEng4 427]

Story and pictures on Firehouse.com

Here's the link: http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/News/F...e/46$56454

Can you say OOPS! Time to buy E-nother one????

[Oswegowind 17]

I am assuming (which is never good) that the apparatus was "running" (turned on). That would be the reason for the electrical short turning the emergency lights on, correct? Otherwise, if it just "rolled", it does not appear to be a violent decline from the station to the curb, prior to the embankment leading to the lake, so how could it gain so much "speed". Or maybe it was so hot in Florida that day, the apparatus needed to cool off a little!

[x635 4,066]

It's a funny coincidence that Ocala is E-One's hometown.

I'll be curious to see what exactly happened there.

[Guest pentax02839]

well maybe it needed to take cooling dip or even a bath

[DOC22 1]

Geuss it wanted to take a swim??? Florida heat and humidity, just wanted to cool itself off

[RWC130 594]

Glad no one got hurt.

[firemoose827 324]

The chief must have told the wrong guy at the wrong time to wash the trucks.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

The chief must have told the wrong guy at the wrong time to wash the trucks.

Probies getting lazier and lazier these days?

[IzzyEng4 427]

By the article it said that the electrical system had a short and the lights then turned on. I don't known if this meant the truck was one or the batteries were on. I bet you the truck was in neutral and the parking break was not set and looking at the picture, the ramp does have a slight incline back into the station. I'm just guessing.

[JetPhoto 626]

Someone's going to be in trouble.....

[Guest]

I can explain this whole thing.

You see this engine was trying to show off in front of the other rigs that she could swim. Thats how accidents happen...

[mikeinet 37]

no no no nutty... you got it all wrong. The engine was trying to PICK UP another rig and was trying to fake drowning to get 'someone' to come save her

[RescueKujo 130]

DOOHHH!!!

[Guest]

no no no nutty... you got it all wrong. The engine was trying to PICK UP another rig and was trying to fake drowning to get 'someone' to come save her

Damn, someone told me the wrong gossip story....lol

[IzzyEng4 427]

May be it was thirsty, Florida does get hot during the afternoon.

[tbendick 27]

I bet you the truck was in neutral and the parking break was not set

Just an FYI for anyone who doesn't deal with larger trucks and Fire Trucks/Engines. They work more like Stick Shift cars in that you place them in neutral and apply the "Maxi Break" when you park. If you foget to hit the maxi break then it's easy for it to start to roll. My Engine rolled in quaters and took out part of the front door and we also had another Engine in the Battalion roll into the house watch. Both cases the rigs were checked it most likely the problem was failure of the driver to turn on the Maxi break.