Saturday, August 9, 2008
Apparently no one was hurt when Philadelphia's Snorkel 28 came in contact with power lines Tuesday night....but serves as one hell of a reminder of how CRUCIAL the role of aerial operators play-and how CRITICAL training is for all affected. Snorkel 28 was raising the lower boom to get the bucket closer to the ground so two costumed mascots could enter. They were going to ride the truck in the bucket (don't do that) to the National Nite Out festivities several blocks up the road. The knuckle of the waterway made several contacts with the high voltage lines and then got stuck to them.
From:
http://firefighterclosecalls.com/fullstory.php?70195
There was another incident involving an antique Canadian fire apparatus, two people were killed.
A veteran state trooper and a civilian were electrocuted while fixing a flat tire on an antique fire truck when the truck's ladder touched a high-voltage power line, police said.
The fire truck, from the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation, was being returned to Canada from a parade near Syracuse when a tire went flat near the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, said Ogdensburg Police Chief Richard Polniak.
From:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/electrocution_update_canadian.html
