A Reminder To Fire Scene Buffs

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From "The Secret List"

http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com

Hey...

Quebec (CN) Provincial Police are investigating the death of a 75-year-old woman who died after being struck in the head by a fire hose. Anita Maskin died June 10 while watching a house fire in the Montreal suburb. Her family is demanding answers about the freak accident, but police say it will be weeks before they can shed light on it. Her husband Robert, 78, said they were having lunch in Boisbriand when they wandered outside to watch firefighters working on a nearby house fire. Anita Maskin went to stand with the crowd when a fire hose disconnected from a nearby hydrant and whipped her in the skull....she was taken to hospital by ambulance and later pronounced dead. Solution & Reminder: Have the cops and fire-police (if you have them) keep spectators far, far away...and make sure FF's and anyone on the fireground or near hose lines are PPE protected.

[Guest feraldan]

Whoops... gotta say, they shouldn't have been that close and sadly, you can't blame the bystanders: local PD on scene, the fire-police or the guys manning the rigs need to take charge and back those people up.

People are nosy and everyone knows they have the tendency to creep closer and closer without guidance. You can't assume they know any better.

[Future Fireman 4]

And this is why it's good to have LOCKING STORTZ couplings!

Mike

[ny10570 745]

Locking storz are just as safe as threaded couplings. Neither will work if they're not maintained and engaged properly.

[Guest]

This shouldn't just be a reminder for buffs, but for those on scene as well. Firegrounds are dangerous and unpredictable. This could have been a firefighter taking a water break, it just shows that you always have to be heads up. Not to say that civilians should be that close, the perimeter should be secured, but we can't just think that onlookers are the only ones who can be in the wrong place at the wrong time.