fire stations firegeezer on 28 Jun 2008 09:34 am
Pumper Pulls Firehouse Down
THE DANA (NORTH CAROLINA) FIRE & RESCUE DEPT. had a bit of bad luck Friday morning when a compartment door flew open as one of their trucks was leaving the station on a call.
The opened door caught the pillar separating the bay doors and pulled down a support beam, resulting in the front of the station partially collapsing.
The falling debris caused some minor damages to two of their trucks. Neither of the two people in the building at the time were injured.
WLOS -TV has this video report:
Dana Fire & Rescue WEBSITE.
on 29 Jun 2008 at 1:21 pm 1.Dal90 said …
Who made the truck? Because dang, that’s gotta be the heaviest duty door ever fabricated!
My company has used roll-ups since 1976 whenever practical on apparatus (some spaces are just too small to make it worthwhile). I’ve seen far too many mishaps between us and other companies with conventional doors opening up unexpectedly.