Katonah's Ladder Sinks In Mud At 10-75 Today

[Viper 139]

This is off various Facebook fire wires with commentary so their is no reason it can't be shared here.
 

 

#CFPA member Jon Tenca is on scene of a dwelling fire in #Katonah N.Y. follow us for more fire scene photography. @Katonah

A post shared by Kempter's Fire Wire (Official) (@kempterfirewire) on Apr 18, 2017 at 11:11am PDT

[vodoly 535]

Sunk in the slop it happens Happened to Englewood Cliffs old ALF mid mount aerial at a mutual aid fire in Fort Lee in late 80's  They had backed in on a lawn to set up to the roof  to assist in venting  Fort lee called in a loader to help pull it out( comes in handy them having memebers that work DPW )

[SilentShadow 32]

Saw this one floating around...unknown source

 

[SECTMB 612]

Too early in the Season to consider leaving any hard surface, it happens. Hope they got it out without any damage to the undercarriage.

[dwcfireman 656]

This is just one of the risks when beaching your ladder.  I've never seen it as a big deal.  We used to beach our quint upstate A LOT.  Usually to get it out we would jack it up with the outriggers and place plywood underneath the wheels.

[antiquefirelt 994]

On 4/19/2017 at 9:22 AM, dwcfireman said:

This is just one of the risks when beaching your ladder.  I've never seen it as a big deal.  We used to beach our quint upstate A LOT.  Usually to get it out we would jack it up with the outriggers and place plywood underneath the wheels.

I don't know, I'd say there is a lot of things that can go wrong: rollover? damage to the undercarriage? undesigned stress to the frame? I'd want to be damn sure that what I was doing was absolutely necessary for life or limb. In the case above, it would not appear to have been necessary, but of course we only have a 1/1000 of a second snapshot, so who's to say?

[LineCapt 134]

I just came across a Facebook page dedicated to "beaching". Scary.

 

https://www.facebook.com/Beaching-The-Front-Lawn-285880336006/

[4truck48 25]

From the pictures  it looks like they could have reached any part of the roof from the driveway.

[vodoly 535]

12 minutes ago, LineCapt said:

I just came across a Facebook page dedicated to "beaching". Scary.

 

https://www.facebook.com/Beaching-The-Front-Lawn-285880336006/

Beaching is big in Prince George's county Md

[COH Bulldog 82]

Putting an engine on the lawn is one thing, but an aerial is another story. You better make sure the ground is solid before raising the ladder/tower especially with a firefighter on the end of it.

[vodoly 535]

Speaking of Beaching Bowie Md (PG County)  beached Thier Mack Towerl Ladder in  the mud  at the collage park 5th alarm yesterday 

[bad box 371]

Do they do this because they feel salty saying they, "beached their rig"?