NIOSH Safety Advisory -LODD from Pinnable Waterway

[gadgetguy 1]

If your dept has a aerial that has a pinnable waterway the following safety advisory should be of interest to you.

A friend advised that when the waterway was pressurized at this fire and the waterway failed. It was like blowing the cover off of a straw with tragic consequences. Apparently this has happned to other depts but only this incident had the LODD so far.

TODAY-NIOSH released another excellent SAFETY BULLETIN related to potential waterway failures. This report was prompted by the horrific LODD of Lawrence Park (PA) Asst Chief Mike Crotty-who recently gave his life when a waterway literally flew off the end of an aerial ladder that was flowing at a working fire.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/SafetyAdvisory05052008.html