People are upset over FDNY firefighters breaking car windows for hydrant
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2022
- Apparently accepting blame for your own stupidity just isn't cool anymore. Would you have broken the windows?
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Had to do this once in my career. Best part was it was a city councilman’s car.
EXCELLENT!
GET FUCKED, BUREAUCRAT!
😹 nice
Figures.
The rules don't apply to them, until they do.
I had to attend “traffic class” to get a speeding ticket dismissed. The cop teaching the class told us if we park in front of a hydrant, he will personally write us tickets after watching the firefighters break our windows and run hoses through our cars. One guy who thought he was pretty smart said, “I’ll just sue them for property damage,” and the cop said, “wow, I bet nobody else has ever had that idea! Good luck!”
Gotta love it when someone threatens to sue. Filing a lawsuit is like buying a lottery ticket: there’s no guarantee that you’re going to win. Someone who blocks a fire hydrant probably isn’t going to win.
The defense of necessity forecloses any chance of success on such an action.
Pretty sure the lawyers fees are higher than just buying new windows.
@@jamesszalla4274 yeah that lawsuit in particular is like buying a lottery ticket with the numbers "πππππi" and being surprised when they lose
@@FullMetalPanicNL Good luck even finding a lawyer who will take the case.
OK, amendment: non-ambulance-chaser. There are doubtless millions of scumbag shysters in America who would take it on a billable hours basis and give you mealy-mouthed assurances that you have a "good chance" but no - not if they are honest.
My uncle was the fire chief of our local department when I was young. A man, who had walked up street to visit a neighbor, and found his car, which was parked in front of a fire hydrant, with both front windows busted out and a hose running through it. He was furious. He started ranting and screaming at the firemen. He was so worked up he didn't even notice it was HIS HOUSE the fire was at. When this fact finally sunk into his thick skull, he completely changed his tune. He forgot about his car and started ranting and raving at the firemen for not responding fast enough. You just can't fix stupid.
If only Fire/Rescue had known that car blocking the hydrant was associated with that burning house, they could have called for a tow truck just to prove the point of not breaking windows and waiting for the tow truck is STUPID.
@@FirstLastOne For all fire/rescue knew, there could have been people trapped in that house. The fire, if allowed to spread out of control, could have endangered other property. I can list a hundred reasons why WAITING for anything In a working fire is STUPID.
@@paulstone472 Yeah its not really a firemans job to prove a point or risk the fire spreading to prove said point.
There is probably a number of reasons why I’m not a firefighter. But one of those reasons for sure is in a situation like that. I’d start going real slow. Might light up a cig. Smoke break:)
There are ways to fix stupid, nut those fixes are, at the least, frowned upon.
I began a 36 year career with the Chicago Police Department in 1973. During my field training, in the first couple weeks on the job, we were sent to a house fire for traffic control. I was directing traffic on a detour around the street.
Someone had parked a car in front of a fire hydrant across from where the fire was and just a little up the street from the corner where I was standing. The Captain of the the engine company, very calmly, walked over with an axe and SMASHED the windows on each side of the car and the firefighters ran the suction line for the pumper right through the car. 😲
He handed the axe to one of the fire fighters and walked over to me and said "Give that guy a ticket!" Yes, sir, Captain!
They used suction line with a hydrant? or was it a dry hydrant?
@@winctrlaltdel I am not a fire fighter, I'm a retired police officer. I was under the impression the line (hose) from the hydrant to the pump in the truck is called the "suction line". It connects to the suction side of the pump. If that is not the correct term for that hose, feel free to correct me.
That was uncalled for. The damn captain hogging the fun. Always let the rookie do it. It's called building morale.
@@larryangrimson7108he was a cop not a fire fighter
I’m sure a cop knows how to use an ax on some windows
people defending someone who illegally parked blocking a fire hydrant is bad enough as it is but the fact that so many ppl expected the firefighters to hold off in responding to a literal emergency to call a tow truck or track down the driver to get them to move their car makes me scared of the future
Welcome to the age of the Karens.
that's tiktok for ya, everyone is a couch expert
haha no it's just april fools day, people don't actually value some jerk's car windows over human life xD
right?
right guys?
The people who are complaining have parked in front of a hydrant. That's the only explanation.
@@JamesTK considering it's illegal to park in front of fire hydrants that would be expected
I work in a water department. Had a bad water break that was affecting half the city. Car was parked in the way overc a critical control valve. No biggie. Not like the owner knew there would be a break. Asked the owner to move his car. He said no. Escalated by calling the police, but the owner was still being obstinate. Tow truck was going to take an hour or two till he got there. Normally not an issue but this water break was bad and was already damaging the road and could threaten to destabilize buildings on either side if it ran much longer. Supervisor told me to use the back hoe to move the car. Guy lost both his insurance claim and civil suit against the city.
You are the hero they deserved.
I Love a happy ending!
Have seen something similar happen with a dude parked in a fire lane out front of an apartment building during a fire: the ladder truck just rammed it out of the way because they needed that ladder truck near the densely occupied five story apartment building *Right Now* and his sedan was in the way, and empty.
He lost the suit, and his appeal for the fines, no idea about his insurance but I would not be surprised if he lost that too.
Some heroes have capes. Some have back hoes. 🙂
Bad water break.. Half the city.. Parked in front of critical control valve.. Any more sci-fi stories?
Had a fire hydrant in the front yard of my house growing up that my dad took care of. He painted the curb yellow in front of it and shoveled it out when the snow plow piled snow over it. We never had a house fire on our street, thankfully, but growing up with a hydrant so close and my dad handling it the way he did, I can’t imagine the mindset of someone who casually parks in front of one.
"Hopefully all this work is wasted. If not I'll be forever grateful I did it."
Exactly the same for us. Fire hydrant right on the corner of our property but luckily we never saw it in action. No one ever parked in front of it even when parties brought in a lot of cars.
Your dad sounds like a great guy.
city people vs suburban/rural people
I worked as a clerk at a district court for three years and was a volunteer firefighter during that time as well. I remember one day a car was parked at a hydrant and we busted out the windows and ran the hose to the pumper. Later that week, the owner tried to sue the fire department for the damage to the car. The judge called all the volunteers in the building to hear what he had to say. About half of the volunteers for the fire department worked in the building. (Including myself) The judge then proceeded to read the guy and his lawyer the riot act. This was a judge I already had immense respect for and he certainly didn’t lessen it that day. This was a judge who if a cop gave you a bull$hit ticket would make the cop come to court and apologize. Bull$hit tickets stopped real fast. This judge reamed the guy a new one for a solid five minutes before dismissing the case with prejudice. Then the judge demanded the guy apologize to all the volunteer firefighters present. This happened in a small town in Washington state in 1985. I still respect that judge to this day. I wish that all judges would live up to his example but most just plain don’t. He retired from the bench in 1995. So if firefighters have to break the windows on your illegally parked car, go ahead and try to sue. At least the clerks will get some entertainment out of seeing the judge ream you out.
That was then.
These days people will side with the car owner over the firefighters.
No they don’t.
In every municipality in the Untied States it is illegal to park in front of a fire hydrant. As Grandpa always said, "Stupid is supposed to hurt!"
"Stupid is supposed to hurt" is GREAT! My FIL said, "If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough," but yours seems more generally applicable.
I love grandpa
And as my dad said “you can’t fix stupid”
Life is hard. Life is harder when you're stupid.
Yesssss!!!!
I worked in a wood mill in maintenance when a pile of sawdust caught on fire. The mill's supervisor announced a car was blocking the hydrant while my boss sent me for the big forklift. The car's owner came strolling out 25 or 30 minutes later to find his car moved to a new location. Unfortunately cars don't like being lifted by forklifts.
What happened to the car?
@@torte007 The dude had had warning notes on his car a couple times earlier. I seem to recall that the drive shaft was bent and tranny was broken. (That was a long time ago.)
Well, at least we know the mill was cleaned pretty thoroughly as there wasn’t a dust explosion. Or the conditions weren’t right or both
@@mikep490 It was a papermill for me, but similar... AND I just put the forks through the windows "being too rushed to think about trying to center the load and lower them properly"... SO you can imagine the reaction of the owner when he found it later.
He didn't even believe that was his car, though... ;o)
@@torte007
As a firefighter the answer is; WHO GIVES A F#&K.
My buddy's dad was a fireman. He was only involved once in breaking a car window. The car owner ended up losing his lawsuit against the fire department for the damages, received tickets for parking by the fire hydrant, had his car towed, was charged storage fees for the towed car and paid fines from the tickets. The bottom line total for all was more than what the car was worth.
The fact that people are dumb enough to attempt suing for their illegal parking "I broke the law, I'm suing!" 😂😂 but, they were dumb enough to even park there in the 1st place so I guess its not really all that surprising.
A small part of me feels bad for the guy... but ultimately we are our own worst enemy and he did it to himself.
@arucarddimples1944 Don't feel bad. The fireman said the car was a junker, so that is why they broke the windows. Probably did the owner a favor by breaking the windows.
@@justinhand4518 The fire department would have broken the windows if it was a Cadillac. It is against the law to park in front of a fire hydrant blocking firefighters from hooking up hoses to put out a fire. The Cadillac owner’s claim for damages to his insurance company would be denied.It just pays to obey the law.
When you have a team of folks skilled in the art and science of breaking cars to get people out in a hurry, don't tempt fate by being stupid enough to park there.
well said\
This is literally what will happen to you. It's not just FDNY, every department will do this.
Its almost like there is a law that you can't park Infront of hydrants
Exactly
@@ey7290 it's almost like that law exists for a reason and not just to inconvenience these entitled people.
What's great is the city will not then pay for the repairs in many places
@@jomess7879
They shouldn‘t. It was absolutely the drivers own fault for being stupid and they have no obligation paying others for their absent intelligence.
They should rather put a huge fine on top for endangering other peoples lives by hindering the rescue forces, so that the lesson is drilled in his skull just a little better.
I lived in a building where the owner parked in the fire route and the building caught fire. They pulled up behind his car, pushed it out of the way and the transmission was destroyed. The owner tried to sue, got fined by the judge and was required to pay legal fees "for your stupidity" according to the judge.
You know, I wouldn't have called the guy *_stupid_* ... Mainly because it would be an insult to stupid people.
Smart judge, arrogant driver.
@@GopherBaroque61 REMEMBER THERE ARE ALL levels of STUPID!! ( have to agree tho that that IS sort close to the bottom level )!!
And then the court house mysteriously burned to the ground
Maybe he didn’t want the fire to be put out. Looking for an insurance payout.
I made this mistake in California once, they did the same thing. I couldn't even be mad because I knew it was my fault. That cost me a lot. New window, new driver side door, new seats, lots of electrical issues, a VERY large citation cost, almost caught a charge, and I managed to piss off the fire department, and the police. Not a smart move. Lesson learned.
All the public has to do to eliminate this problem is DON'T PARK IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS. IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.
Good luck on that. It's like telling drunks to stop driving drunk. Never happen.
The people saying the car should not have had the windows broken are the same people that park in front of fire hydrants
We rarely have hydrants above ground, and parking atop a hydrant is rampant in some places. Here those same people will protest if we remove a whole parking lane in front of schools and such to ensure nobody blocks any hydrants. If they had respected parking code in the first place, the lane would have stayed. In places where only the hydrant got protected with bollards, people would park right next to the bollards and still block the hydrant. We do have one big advantage over the fixed hydrants though: we can rotate the crane pole away from parked vehicles to avoid nicks or folds in the supply line. So you won't see any broken windows here (in EU)
And complain about Hersey candy wrappers and Dr. Suess books....WTF is that cause it sure as hell is not a real issue in any sane world.....lol
@@desireegoulett69 Did… you just compare pronouns on a wrapper to racism in a children’s book? I’m not even mad I’m just baffled.
@@DeathnoteBB No....ugh...I was comparing the stupidity of the people in an uproar over those things to the people who have the nerve to complain about their windows after parking in front of a hydrant they blocked when there was a F**king fire because those who take issue with Hersey's because pronouns can be extacted or have a problem with making changes to children's books because wrong has always existed sp they fight to keep it that way baffle me in the same type of way where I scratch my head and think WTF is wrong with people? Good Grief Charlie Brown moments....lol
Akin to the people that show up city council meetings to bitch about Red Light Cameras. They're the ones that blow through red lights!
It definitely sucks to have your windows broken. I have to imagine it would be a whole lot worse to know someone died or lost their home because the fire department had to wait for a tow truck to remove your improperly parked vehicle. This trolley problem is not hard.
Well, they lost a lot of their home regardless, the structural integrity was most likely compromised from the fire, in most situations when a fire takes place (this is why most buildings become condemned after a fire takes place). But the saving lives part is the part that matters most.
@@someweirdoguy6633 someone's life or their property? It REALLY BOGGLES THE FREAKING MIND HUH?
And yet, it seems to be a hard problem for some people...WAY more people than one should think possible.
I would have used the jaws of life to remove the roof, so they should feel honored that they only broke the windows on their illegally parked car🤗
Not for many people sadly.
Different perspectives lead to different choices.
I’m not a firefighter, but totally agree. The mass of entitled human stupidity is suffocating.
Remember, you are part of this mass of stupidity!
I don’t care how big you think stupidity is, IT’S BIGGER THAN THAT!
@@kennethjackson7574 😂
While in college, I worked on an overnight cleaning crew for a retailer which was lead by a Fire Chief of near by town. There were a couple of other fire fighters on the crew. I remember a couple of stories of how they dealt with cars in front of hydrants. One was using the all wheel drive feature of the engine to move the illegally parked vehicle out of the way when there was room. The didn't seem to worry about collateral damage. The other story I remember was using tools from the rescue trunk to quickly remove doors from a vehicle to allow smooth access to the hydrant and then have the police, who would show up for traffic control, make sure the car was ticketed and towed after the fact to document why they did the damage.
Watched one guy on a show that had this happen. He just shrugged and said, "I'm the idiot that parked it there. I deserved it." Best response ever.
Definition of sacking up and accepting the repercussions of your actions.
What??? Are you implying that actions have consequences? How can you expect people to know that?
This is the correct answer. It's the same answer you give when caught speeding.
I got dinged for 28 over in STL. $2k ticket. My fault for not watching the speed limit and my speed.
Yeah way to many people these days don’t take responsibility for their actions
"If there's two things firefighters are really good at, it's saving lives and breaking stuff."
I love it. It's both true and hilarious. That line is awesome!
Speaking as a colleague of guys who brought a fairly indestructible PDA/tablet device back looking like they had tried to fold it like a book. I felt that breaking stuff.
@@lizcollinson2692
I was a Damage Controlman in the Navy. We did firefighting, flooding control, structural integrity, decontamination, etc.
There was one time that we responded to a fire in a space belonging to Supply department. It was just a trashcan fire, and we got it put out quickly.
The Chief Engineer just happened to show up to this fire, which was a bit unusual but not unheard of. As the on-scene-leader, I reported to him that the fire had been put out and we were testing for gases.
When he found out it was a trash can fire, he pointed out the two fire extingquishers on the wall outside the compartment and said, "No, Petty Officer Jarboe, that fire is not out. No sailor would call the fire department for a fire that small when there are two unused fire extinguishers available. You obviously didn't find the fire. Get back into that compartment and tear it apart until you find the fire."
By the time we left that compartment, not even one piece of furniture was in less than four pieces.
Yes, firefighters know how to break stuff. LOL!
*breaking stuff in the way of the former
right hoses dont work unless you feed it into a car window. its not like the same job could have been done probably faster and safer if they just threw the hose over the car
@@timemageatomsk
You've obviously never done much hose handling. Going over the car puts too much of a bend in the hose and can crimp it, restricting the water flow.
Sorry about your luck with your car but that actually was necessary.
As a retired engine chauffeur ( not FDNY) I had my share of obstructed hydrants. Depending on the orientation of the hydrant and the position of the vehicle this must be done. sometimes however kinks may result in either situation and may be worse with a pass through situation. Sometimes it was actually quicker to go around the vehicle. It was a decision that had to be made for each individual situation but as was mentioned in the video my primary concern was obtaining a water source as quickly as possible for the nozzle team.
"no, you cant break my window to get to the fire hydrant!"
"Fine... RAMMING SPEED!"
As a volunteer firefighter i can confirm.
We know how to break stuff very well. Lots of times, we even manage to break our own stuff. Without even trying to do so.
"Saving lives, and breaking stuff! :D "
Joke theory: So Firefighters are pretty much the USMC of emergency response units?
@@jessegd6306 I could see a firefighter saying ”rah-rah” instead of speaking.
We would be expected to quickly try to come up with plan b. Our DC doesn't like paperwork and if we smashed windows he'd have paperwork. That being said we'd only waste about 30 seconds before they'd get smashed
So wonder who's best at breaking stuff - Firefighters or Infantry? I suspect we'll never know...
*we even manage to break our own stuff. Without even trying to do so.
That part fit with me, maby i was born to be a firefighter :-O
The actual horrific thing is not only that they are blaming firefighters for breaking windows to save lifes - They are defending a guy who might be responsible for several deaths because he parked where he hopefully learned NOT to park!
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@@7F0X7 that explains everything
@@7F0X7 My bad^^
@@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich keep calm with this shit arguments.
I'm a woman and I can affirm that I drive 1000 better then a lot of men. Especially of my country.
So, put down your stereotypes!!
@@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich that's sexist
I love your videos they cheer me up even when im in pain, and i love the laughter you bring to firefighting, while promoting safe and effective practices :)
It’s always amazing to me when people seem to know more about other peoples’ jobs than they do. “Can’t you just…?” No! I can’t just…! If I could, then even you could do my job. Let the professionals do their profession.
When I was 15 and taking drivers education I was told never to park in front of a fire hydrant because the firefighters will break your car windows and run their hose through your car. Putting out a fire is more important than your illegally parked car. Why is this a surprise to people?
You already said the word.... "Education"
Its not that , no one cares about that its that so many of these situations it looks like they didn't need to break the windows or like they went out of their way to bend the hose over to the window when it didn't need to be , that its not about peoples lives or safety its about "teaching somone a lesson" that wasn't necessary, ive seen about a dozen of these events where the hose could have easily gone over the trunk or around the car but they just decided to run it through the car cuz they where dicks , not defending car drivers or people who illegally park infron of hydrants, I fucking hate car drivers I ride a motorcycle lol but there are legitimate reasons why people find this behavior stupid , literally no one is gonna say "you should have let those kids burn instead of busting the windows on tha Honda civic" dont be disingenuous
Like saying I drove my truck through your house on my way to the hospital because I was trying to save my moms life you shouldn't have put your house in my way what else was I supposed to do? XD nah I still get charged with breaking your house but if we where kidnapped and held in your house and I had to tear down a wall to escape we would not , one was necessary and one was not do you see?
@@Cold_Cactus you are kinda missing the point, or several really.
one: breaking your windows to teach you not to park in front of fire hydrants in the future is the point.
two: it teaches others not to Park in front of fire hydrants
and three: fireman like to break stuff, it is literately in there job description, give them any excuse and they will, if they can make it a teaching moment all the better.
seeing things burn, break, and wanton destruction its often one of the reasons people get into fire fighting! they will let someones house burn to the ground once everyone has been evacuated to safety to protect other peoples homes and party to teach people to not let your house catch fire.
@@Cold_Cactus - You're just so full of shit. Man, just don't park in front of a fire hydrant. It's that simple.
@@Cold_Cactus Firefighters can't spend any time whatsoever deciding whether they can reroute the hose during an emergency. They'll route it through whatever path seems fastest and safest at that instant and not think twice about it.
If someone parks in front of a hydrant, they have no one to blame for any damages to their car but themselves. I personally wouldn't care if the firefighters did it completely out of spite. By doing so, they may cause someone to reconsider parking in front of a hydrant in the future and save someone's life.
My friends dad is a retired chief. One time they couldn’t even get the hose through the window because it was too high. The chief said ram it. So they got a truck, rammed it ever so gently because there was an open driveway in front.
The drive returned back to his SUV to smashed windows, f’d up brakes, damaged bumper, flat tires and a ticket for illegal parking on top of no insurance payout.
man I hope he couldn't afford another one.
Can you imagine the look on the face of the driver’s children when they begin to realize they have the same DNA.
sounds like there was more than just a fire going on there.
I love it.
And a messed up transmission for pushing the vehicle against the parking paw. Unless you forced the selector by breaking the key lock.
Every time a vehicle gets "hosed" an angel get its wings.. 😊
I've seen a fire brigade ladder truck put it's outriggers through the window and press them down till the car's suspension didn't give anymore. Much nicer sight than just a hoze running through.
That is crazy as heck that someone parked ILLEGALLY in front of a fire hydrant, something we ALL have been educated to NEVER do, would think they have ANY right to complain if it is actually needed.
My parents have a hydrant in front of their house, and the neighbors kept parking in front of it until my dad called the police.
Not surprising considering the country these days
I have seen way too many cars park in red zones. I've also seen cars with no placard or disabled plate park in blue zones. The only time I excused it the guy had a walker, so he was probably waiting on the placard.
People go through the driver's manual before testing. When they pass the test, both written and driving, the rules of the road go in the trash as well as the driver's manual.
If you park in front of a hydrant, in a red zone, in a handicapped zone (and you're not handicapped), you get what's coming to you 🤷♀️
Bingo
A new handicap sticker?
Amen, Lia. People like that deserve to have their windows busted.
Sorry, we don't make the rules.
"Welcome back to non-consensual towing"
Did that once, as we were picking up the owner came up to me raising all kinds of you know what. Told him he could speak to the police officer. What made it better is the car was a very expensive Mercedes.
You brave folks keep doing your job, no matter who is whining. God bless fire fighters!!!
In driver's ed, we were literally taught that if you park in front of a fire hydrant then the firefighters will break your windows and run the hose through your car. I'm guessing all these people who think that the hose should be rerouted somehow must have slept through that day or are probably the same ones who have suddenly forgotten what a speed limit is.
Or they didn't take drivers ed. It's not mandatory everywhere. I didn't take it.
What country is that not mandatory?
@@chillz5967 at least part of the US, not sure about other countries. It depends on the state and county you live in. I did not have to take drivers ed, I had to do a five hour course. Of course my instructor for that class spent half the time telling us all the horrible accidents she saw when working EMS instead of what she was actually supposed to be telling us. It was a joke.
If I were to find my car damaged by emergency services having to move it or run a pipe through it, my first thought would be "Fuck, I hope my stupidity didn't cause them too much delay." Cars can be replaced, whatever the service was trying to save, probably less so.
To be fair, my school canceled their drivers ed course and the online course for Florida does not mention anything about this
Fun fact: auto insurance in the USA doesn't cover damages to your vehicle if they are caused by the fire fighters or police responding to an emergency. The owner of that vehicle is going to learn a very expensive lesson that his/her selfishness cost them.
For me the only thing better then seeing just the busted window is the car filled with water... Much harder hit of the wallet to replace everything inside and then top off the windows! LOL oh ya can't forget that little ticket as a cherry on top of it all... Can't fix stupid, but maybe can make the bill so high they can not drive! LOL
Not to mention, being in that close proximity to the fire - I'll bet the smoke and fumes had plenty of time to blow through and settle into every piece of fabric in that car.
@@marcusbardstown505 And that is exactly why if a car is involved in a fire, it goes to a specialist adjuster who handles fire claims specifically (unless it's a catastrophe like a wildfire).
Unfortunately replacing two broken windows isn't that expensive. Fortunately though, the ticket she's going to receive for the felony will be, so rest easy.
@@hannahlanai it's the smoke damage that probably ruined it... windows are a distant thought.
The way he said “saving lives and breaking stuff” made him sound rather happy about the latter.
I’ve seen firefighters do far worse.
I remember a few years ago working security at a building where the pizza guy would constantly park in front of the standpipe. We warned him. He laughed.
Fire truck pulled up while he was on the 27th floor and the elevator was grounded. Literally bashed his car out of the way and bent the frame.
I always hated the people who think they can drive over my intake LDH that I had to lay crossing the street for a working house fire. One driver decided that she wasn't going to listen to me when I told her she couldn't proceed. Her front wheels went over the LDH and a cop jumped through her window, slammed it in park, pulled her out of the car at gunpoint, face planted on the ground and handcuffed. In the state where I live, driving over fire hose is the same as assaulting emergency personnel, class D felony.
I love it stupid is as stupid does and this is a great explanation for it in action people vs the firefighters🤣
Damn....that's awesome lol. Not so much the douchebag woman, but that your state doesn't f$#k around with emergency personnel!
Glad she got arrested, but what was the point of threatening her with a gun to her face and pull her out? Was she trying to attack him? Otherwise seems extremely unnecessarily violent.
If a police officer in my country did something like that for basically no reason he would be fired
@@SpacemongerrYou must live in one of the countries that don't have qualified immunity. That must be really nice. In America, where I live, a cop can shoot someone for any reason and not get in any legal trouble for it basically ever, while also not legally being required to even attempt to protect people from a crime.
Tbh, when I heard this story, I was actually just happy he did it to someone who actually did something wrong rather than some random asshole that was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The last statement is so true. In Germany there's a tv series that accompanies firefighters during their work. Counting broken axes became the viewers' hobby within the first season, so much so that it has turned into an "insider joke"
Is that Feuer und Flamme?
@@malloc7108 Yes, yes it is.
@@malloc7108 you got it 😉
Sadly the Feuerwehr Bochum uses iron Halligan tools :(
But I'd love to hear what FDC has to say about the show because I have rewatched every episode like at least 3x now lol
@@Finkelfunk same. 3x for every season except the last one. Haven't restarted that one yet 😂
>does the wrong thing
>faces consequences
>THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
My father and great grandfather were both Chicago Fire Fighters. My great grandfather was killed in the Chicago Stockyard Fire due, in part, to low water pressure. Since I was a kid my father always told me not to park in front of fire hydrants or my windows would be broken and the hose run through the car. Or, if there was room, that they would use the fire truck to push the car out of the way, which would likely involve the bending of the car's body panels. He said he had done both many times in his 20 years on the Fire Department.
You come from good people and fine heritage indeed.
A buddy of mine was a firefighter/emt for many years. He said the exact same thing..."Man, we can break anything".
I jammed a knuckle one day and had a finger swelling and a ring stuck. I just stopped by a station knowing they have all the stuff. Walked in, "Howdy" and held up my finger.
Cap'n says "Aha! We got the tool for that! Which one do you want to come off?"
LOL
Needles the say, you still got your heirloom ring in pristine condition? After washing off the blood ofcourse
Theres a string method that works very well for cases like that. Cant tell you the name of it though
@@messagegoeshere741 You're right. But how much swelling can happen and it would still work??
🤣😂lol Slightly terrifying, but a great reaction/question all the same.
As someone who has been on the losing side of a house fire, don't expect me to weep for your smashed window. Personally, anyone parked in front of a hydrant should lose their car and be liable for any damages caused by the fire, both civil AND criminal. In other words, MOVE YOUR F-ING CAR.
I'm sorry you've had to be on the wrong side of a house fire! I hope things have worked out!!
Damn, here I was really expecting some whack job to weep over my broken window! Anyone standing in front of a hydrant, TAKE THEIR FUCKING LEGS. Regardless, your comment magically saved thousands of lives. Just the action of you typing this out has moved millions of cars. Great job citizen!
@@dilfonicz Nobody is suggesting anything against "standing in front of a hydrant." Someone parking their car next to a hydrant, and thus obstructing firefighters when a fire is ongoing, shouldn't be surprised if they find their windows smashed.
@@allisonhoff5805 Kinda wondering, is there a good side to be on during a house fire? :P
@@someguy4915 True, there's nothing good about a house fire. But I would argue that the owner of said house is definitely on a worse side than anyone else.
As an ex firefighter (Wales) I love the "SAVING LIVES & BREAKING STUFF"
The fire department should never stop doing this. People should be happy that only their windows were broken; the fire department could choose to push your car out of the way with their truck, no problem.
If I park in from of a fire hydrant, I deserve everything I get.
A friend of mine was a firefighter and said one time they had an issue with a nearby apartment block. Turns out residents discovered if they phoned in saying they were locked out of their house and couldn't remember if they turned their stove off, the fire department would respond and unlock the door. Then "oh, i guess i did turn it off, ha ha".
So the Chief said to quit responding with their lock pick set and instead bring the axe. If there was no stove left on the tenant would have to pay the landlord for the repair to the door.
After the 2nd door was broken down the calls stopped lol.
but why, what was the point of them doing this
That is not only childish, it's dangerous. Someone's house may be on fire or they may have a medical emergency that they are needed at. They should be fined, and charged for the fire department's time for their immaturity.
@@nuhrii3449 Instead of calling a locksmith for a fee, they'd call the fire dept for free. That's why they did it.
@@nuhrii3449Lost their keys or weren't really living there...
About two decades ago, when I was living in an apartment downtown in my home city, there was an annual HUGE festival going on. Tourists flood our city during that (miserable-for-locals) time, parking pretty much anywhere they want....and getting towed when their vehicle is in the wrong place.
I was out on my balcony when one woman stupidly parked in front of a clearly visible fire hydrant, so when she and her squad of brats got out of the car, I called down to her that she needed to move it because the police were towing cars that violated the law, which she was doing. She had the gall and audacity to shout and swear at me that she was "a Coast Guard wife," which only meant she was married to a Coastie, which carries no weight whatsoever where parking is concerned. She screamed that the police "wouldn't dare" to tow a service man's car.
She hauled her bunch of brats about one block before the ever vigilant police came by, saw the car, called their tow truck, and towed the car away. It was hilarious when the Coastie wife came back 3 hours later and there was no vehicle....and no person on the balcony to scream at. A police officer was soon there---they patrol the city heavily during the 8-day festival---and she was shouting at him about the "missing" car. It was deeply satisfying listening to him tell her the what/why and where of her vehicle, and that no, he had no idea how she could get to the impound yard other than calling for a cab.
If she'd listened, and just been obedient to the law, she'd have had a car without any hassles.
Being in the army it is always an inside joke about people married into the service loves to wear the rank of their partner. It happens a lot and they love to flex it on to others. One wife tried to force other soldiers to solute her in civilian clothes because her husband is a Major.
Oh yeah. That’s a fact as old as militaries.
I served as a Corpsman, my partner and I at Naval Station Norfolk got a tone for a woman having a baby at the commissary. Turned out she was just really pregnant and weed on herself, but she needed to be checked out so we packed her up and told her we were taking her to Naval Hospital Portsmouth. At this point she started babbling about how we had to take her to Langley where her fighter pilot husband is stationed and when we explained we couldn’t go out of district she started trying to pull rank. She didn’t have any idea where we were actually going until we unloaded her In Portsmouth and at that point I just let the ED staff deal with it. 😩🤦🙄🤷
Definitely a satisfying story
She must have been an officer's wife. Officer's wives and officer's kids are usually the worst. (I grew up as an enlisted's kid--I saw it a lot.)
A Coastie Karen
One thing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has taught me is that there is no shortage of people who will readily (and demandingly) place their convenience over everyone else's safety/life.
In my career as a cop. General public has no idea or concern other than their own selfish views. And when try to explain the realities of expedient action, their brain shuts down. But if they need police or fire then they ask what took so long.
Ah yes, the classic "I know I did something seriously illegal, but there shouldn't be any serious consequences for my actions, right? It's not like the reasons for these laws are anything but petty, people just shouldn't think they can control me, because that's not fair."
"I bet those laws were created by men in power to flex their red line all over my vehicle tires!"
"THE GOVERNMENT CANT CONTROL ME!!!!!"
@@giftedfox4748 I know you're pretending to be a Karen, but it actually physically hurts to look at that sentence 😂
we have a bunch of kids at my college throw a fit when they are ticketed. Yea I parked in a no-parking zone, there were no nearby spots. Well then pay the fine. (these arent people just running in somewhere, they literally park there all night)
@@thatrandomnerd6996 The really scary part is Gifted Fox's comment isn't too far off from actual arguments I've heard some people make to defend their speeding and texting while driving habits. I've had people actually tell me that speed limits were never meant for public safety but to generate revenue for municipal organizations like the local city council or highway patrol.
I agree 100% with those comments. Breaking the windows is completely uncalled for…
Clearly they should have used the jaws of life to cut the vehicle in half and then run the hose between it.
Had me in the first half
@@caniscerulean I was about to comment the same thing.....
You get an A and a gold star for creativity. One of the highlights of my time as a volunteer firefighter was turning a Caddy sedan into a convertible with the Jaws
@@thomaspfaff7039
Oh yeah, Auto Extraction class was the best part of training.
Nah they should've just used their herculean strength, picked up the car and thrown it to the moon. Smh my head
if they park in front of a hydrant, break the windows, ticket them, tow the car, impound the car, suspend their license and then just for the hell of it, put them in jail for a week or two....that's my suggestion. Love your videos!
I was an Air Force Security Policeman in the late 80's. When we would respond with the fire department there was always a good chance that a car driven by Mrs "do you know who my husband is?" Would be parked in front of the hydrant. I always took great pleasure in writing the ticket on the car with 2 fewer windows on it.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall. When that "important", lieutenant? Tells the wife how stupid she is.
Good on you for helping to teach those people decent behaviour, and common sense.
@soul0360 believe it or not, it was usually Colonel and above. Though there was the occasional 2LT's wife.
Her husband would have been at least a colonel. A lieutenant would have told his wife to not park illegally.
I worked for the VA for sixteen years, and I've heard dozens of 'wearing husband's rank' stories. They are 98% chastened by their red-faced husbands, to my understanding. Security Chief's seldom have a problem ccing the base commander about incidents that involve that kind of question. Loved my veteran friend's stories.
I was in the US Army until 1980. When a civilian dependent was given a DR(ticket) by the MPs, the service man had to spend 2 weeks in nighttime drivers' ed. 2 US Supreme Court rulings were behind it. I suspect that it did not apply to officers' wives.
My mom saw this on the news, she commented; "why didn't the FD just find the owner to move it?
I replied: "There was a building on fire!! Time was a factor."
She realized the problem. Thankfully
fire don't wait for no one
@@viperhalfdragon Neither do firefighters. 😆
"Women, eh ? Scheesch..." . . . .
@@fjb4932B You think you are smarter than *all women? * I have seen many more men park their expensive cars in front of fire hydrants and in parking spots for people with disabilities. That and the fact that some of us have IQs of Albert Einstein. I have met a lot of men who couldn't understand what I was talking about. Couldn't play loads of instruments with few classes. I mean, I have men who glaze over when I start talking about the latest scientific study or physics that I am looking at or playing with.
@@fjb4932 go back to the 1940s
wow, when I learned to drive here in the UK, fire hydrants were never once brought up. But your video got me wondering, so I just had a look, and most hydrants are either located in the middle of the road or on a footpath, not on the curb, and they are little square hatches, usually painted yellow, but not always, but defintely with a big H or FH embossed on them, like all utility covers. That doesn't mean I wasn't aware of them, just that it was never something brought to my attention in a wat that made me consider them. I've always noticed the various utility covers when walking around, but never actually taken them in, unless they're particularly unusual (like the ones in Japan which have amazing designs on them). They were just part of my visual landscape, to take idle note of, but none of my business because I'm not a utility or emergency worker.
I don't think the big things you have in the US would ever work here, as roads tend to be quite narrow due to ancient roads and buildings from when cars never existed, not all roads, but a lot are like that because of thier age, and many people have to park with wheels up on the curb, so it's pretty hard to obstruct hudrant access I guess. I will try to be more observant now when parking on a street I don't know, which I very rarely do, we have a driveway and for the most part I end up parking in carparks, which means it won't be a problem.
So thankyou very much for this video, I'll try to be more aware of them now, but they can be hard to spot over here!
As for that twit, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, the same goes for anyone defending the twit.
I don't get some people. I don't even drive, and I know you DON'T park in front of a hydrant. It's not only common sense, but it's the law. So, if their car if damaged while they are committing a criminal act, they only have themselves to blame. At least, that's what I think.
And I just want to thank all the dedicated members of the emergency services for all the hard, and invaluable, work they do. You put your lives on the line to help others. You literally go into the situations other people are running away from. So thank you.
I had a friend who was a fire chief and he demonstrated an alternative solution: Turns out the front bumper height on a pumper truck is perfect for adjusting the parking position of a Porsche.
Time spent bulldozing (and potentially damaging your apparatus) is better spent on just grabbing the plug via whatever means.
Time is a factor. If you're dumb enough to park illegally, you forfeit your windows.
@@rangerman375 as long as the bumper is equal height or higher than the thing being shoved, there's very few vehicles that could do any real damage to a fire engine. They're designed for pushing shit out of the way in the case of a major incident where disabled/destroyed vehicles could be in the way and need to be pushed out of it. Or entitled dipshits leaving their shitwagons in places they shouldn't be and have enough markings that the ISS knows that car isn't supposed to be there. The only way you'll damage that is if you don't slow down before pushing things.
Get out of the car
Get Glass management kit
Take the Glass punch out(looks like a Metal marking punch)
Break window with literally no physical effort
(Maybe put on gloves before, or not if you're living on the edge.
@@rangerman375 nah, a firetruck won't take damage pushing a vehicle out of the way.
In the Navy living on base I ended up parking next to a fire hydrant without realizing it because it behind a fence . . .. Parking lot was fully marked with numbers and lines, and the spot I was in was numbered. Some MP's came rolling up to my door in the middle of the night demanding to know why I had parked in front of a hydrant. Off we went to go look. Yup. Hydrant BEHIND a solid metal fence. MP's didn't care, and gave me a ticket.
On base you HAD to go before the base court to explain yourself. So I did. With photos. No problem paying the ticket, I parked there, but that magistrate must have made a stink because in a few short days that fence came down and the parking spots in front of it and to the sides were all yellow lined and marked for firefighters. I'm sure firefighters rag on their own like police do, but sailors also love to rag on folks. I was called Fire Marshall Bob for months after that.
Good job bringing attention to the hydrant problem, fire marshall!
Fire Departments often get the same kind of privilege that railway companies get. If you somehow obstruct/damage any of their infrastructure, you’ll be the one who fixes the problem, not them.
@@OneBiasedOpinion Quite understandable, given that if you mess with the fire department people can die as a direct result.
Not that parking alongside a fire hydrant that has been rendered inaccessible by fencing should be a ticketable offense, but it DID expose a problem that needed to be fixed before someone died.
Sorry for the ticket and the friendly, ball busting nickname, but you did a good deed, and as we all know, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished! 😅 Cheers!
@@OneBiasedOpinion
Understandable in both cases.
Firefighters provide an essential service, protecting people's homes and ensuring proper safety when working with any sort of open flame.
Railway companies are slightly less essential, but in their case you don't have an excuse since the tracks and right-of-way is obvious. Stay off the tracks or become chunky salsa, take your pick.
I tried telling my Fire Dept they did this in some cities but they didn't believe me until Backdraft came out. Nice to see some Depts still do it.
I had seen it done three times in my thirty three years of being a fireman.
Had a neighbor in Germany who drove the tank/pumper truck for the local fire department. When asked in a home owners meeting what he thought of people parking in front of the hydrant he told them no worry. He had no problem either using his truck and pushing cars out of the way or using a chain to drag them. The grin on his face told everyone he rather enjoyed that part of the job. :-)
Interesting. So in Germany, do you have the raised hydrants too?
This isn't an issue where I live & I've never heard of it being an issue outside the US, so I thought it was probably an issue with their equipment more than anything else, so interesting to know that somewhere like Germany also requires no parking in front of hydrants. Going by your country's response to emergency vehicles on the roads though, I'm guessing the parking in front of the hydrants would equally not be an issue due to social expectations & acceptable behaviour
@@mehere8038 Most hydrants are "frost free". Meaning the actual valve is underground. So, they're usable in any climate.
@@arthurmoore9488 ok, so why do you have the above ground things? In Australia hydrants are marked by a red "HP" or "HR" (meaning hydrant path or hydrant road) on the nearest power/light pole & a green "H" on the opposite side of the pole & when you find that, you look on the road or path in the red H direction & there will be a metal cover thing that firefighters lift up & attach equipment to the underground water pipe attachment thingy under the metal cover.
On quiet streets, they are put onto roads, far enough out to be out of the way of parked cars, on busy streets they are put onto the path/curb instead, again far enough from obstacles & potential parked cars so as to not get blocked in & firefighters do regular checks on all of them to ensure there's no dirt or anything starting to cover them & presumably that also helps them to learn the locations of their local ones.
Wouldn't that system of totally underground work better for you guys with any climate? I'm not used to snow, so I'm not sure, maybe that would be worse with the path ones with snow covering them, the road ones shouldn't be an issue though
@@mehere8038 It’s probably something to do with the climate. I live in Canada, and it’s the same type of hydrants here. Here the fire hydrants have to be no more than 244m from each other, and no more than 183m from the closest point of a house, and even closer if it’s anything other than a house. In Toronto, it’s mainly street parking, and they don’t block the area around it with a curb or anything (cuz they built the city before realizing how annoying cars parking on the street was). The renovated streets have physically designated street parking, and it’s literally impossible to park in front of a hydrant, but we have thousands of streets, so it’s impossible to have them all behind physical barriers.
Also, it snows here in North America, like a lot. A couple years ago, we had enough snow that shut down Toronto, the snow was nearly 1m high. If it snows, that could easily block/disguise a pipe connection that’s on the ground, and in an emergency, it would take longer to connect (you’d have to shovel your way to the hydrant). It’s probably also easier to knock/kick off ice off a metal post and get it working than to stomp around an icy circular stump. Plus, all of them have a lever, or you can attach one, and get the water moving with easy leverage of your body weight while still standing, rather than getting on the ground and trying to get leverage that way. In icy conditions, the tower fire hydrants are probably the best. We do have flat hydrants, but they’re all usually attached to a building, outside and inside, inside on every floor. But there’s always a fire hydrant on the street regardless if the building has one attached.
Yes.
Yes we like to use the rig to push illegally parked vehicles away from the hydrant.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Especially as the driver jumps out of the crowd screaming "That's my car!".
Yes it is,citizen.And you watched without a word as I put the truck in gear & started pushing forward.There's a Deputy over there if you would like to claim ownership.
My parents have a story from just after their marriage, they were driving into San Francisco to fill out the final paperwork and my dad finds a spot RIGHT outside the courthouse, unheard of, nigh impossible find. My mom protests saying to find another spot, my dad asks why, and she yells “did you not see this building is on fire?!” And sure enough, the building he was parking in front of was on fire. He almost tried to argue.
But... a parking space is totally worth that risk. Sure your car might be damaged in the fire, but when are you going to find a parking space that good ever again? Priorities... (that was sarcasm btw in case anyone couldn't tell.)
That would make me question the marriage.
@@IMHip2 The quality of the marriage isn't necessarily in question, just the husband's observational skills.
@@themindfulmoron3790 exactly
@@IMHip2 Y'know, honestly fair point.
The ideals of personal responsibility are an alien concept to society now days
Literally every Fire department in the entire US and even Canada will do that if your vehicle blocks a Fire Hydrant. This isn't a new law, everyone has been told this since the day they learned how to drive.
My dad had to do this when he was a firefighter. The guy whose car it was tried suing the city for damages to his car…the judge threw it out almost immediately 😂
Almost? I hope the judge didn't just throw it out immediately in order to give a false sense of hope to the guy before crushing him under the weight of the 'fuck you'. Much better that way.
Glad to hear this!!
@@AlMcpherson79 The particulars of the case have to be read first, and each side has a chance to give their opening argument before the judge can make an all out arbitrary ruling like that.
@@ruthgar9753 A lot of cases, the judge can toss the suit in pretrial due to lack of merit, especially if one side asks for a summary dismissal.
In my state insurance won’t cover damages if you’re illegally parked. We’ve had a couple cars get damaged as the result of fire ground operations and insurance covered the damage and the city covered the deductible but you’re screwed if parked in fire lane or hydrant
As a kid, my dad worked with EMTs and my best friend’s dad was FD. It was made very clear to us that this was exactly what would happen if we were ever this stupid.
My dad told us that exactly would happen, and he also said that we would owe him two new windows, and the cost of the ticket.
@@pbuck11 - Said no one ever.
My father was volunteer FD for over a decade and drilled it into me, my brothers and cousins to never block a hydrant for any reason and said this is exactly what they'll do. Do not risk putting lives in danger just for a convenient place to park.
Can't believe that selfish people still don't seem to understand this!
Friction loss is a huge thing. I was installing a hydrant and water system at my house in the country. Local Fire Dept (Cal Fire) suggested using 2- 45 degree fittings (4'') instead of 90 degree fittings. Friction loss through a 90 degree fitting is the same as 5- 45 degree fittings is what I was told. WOW! It is a gravity flow system from 2-- 3000 gal tanks
Grandpa use to be a firefighter and every time my mom saw a some idiot park in front of a fire hydrant she would tell us kids that was a great way to get new windows, removal done at no costs to us
Sure, but good luck getting your insurance to cover the replacements
Ha! Sounds like a sage gentleman.
@@Dream146 removal is free, no one said anything about replacement.🤣
It astounds me how people will think they both know better than professionals, and would see the windows smashed like that and think it was done out of convenience: passing the hose over, under, or around the car would be faster than feeding it through so clearly there is going to be a good reason to choose the slower option
If they were already breaking windows, might've as well passed the hose through the front doors. Might be a worse option that window breaking in terms of time, tho
I bet last year you "knew" better than the professionals at the CDC
@@NerdyCatCoffeeee Oh. Some break the doors instead of the windows.
Oh, wait. I see, you're assuming that both doors are unlocked.
Not in a city, baby. Lock 'em.
@@veramae4098
Why would any sane person leave their car doors unlocked??
That‘s not just in cities a very dumb thing to do.
But then again a sane person wouldn‘t park in front of a hydrant aswell… 😐
@@NoFutureZine lol where's that coming from?
Thank you for being a hero for putting up with entitled people.
This is exactly what is supposed to happen. Fire hoses under pressure don’t bend. You park in front of a fire hydrant? Wait until the fine he’ll get.
I used to live up in the mountains, where we could get a lot of snowfall (most I've seen was 8 feet in a week). There were rules about parking there, specifically no street parking on some of the more major streets. This was to allow plows, and emergency vehicles, access to those streets. This area, being a mountain resort, also had it's share of wealthy people who thought the rules didn't apply to them. One of them decided to park their Buick on one of those major streets, and in came a massive snowstorm. This street also just happened to have, if memory serves (it has been several decades now), the fire chief living further down it. An emergency cropped up, and the buick was parked in a way that was blocking the plow, preventing the road from being cleared. So the fire fighters took one of their forestry trucks and drove it over the buick, to get the chief, and then back over it again on the way out. Nobody in the area had any sympathy for the car owner. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. This is why rules exist in the first place. Don't park in no parking zones.
I bet that rich prick's car provided plenty of needed traction for that forestry truck.
I've seen similar things happen too. It wasn't an emergency, but there was a snowstorm and an illegally parked car involved. Long story short, the plow won.
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That's halerious😂
I lived in VT where they had the same rule in a lot of places including the place I lived at.... luckily they liked to two like crazy but I'm sure if they couldn't get by a lot of cars were gone (everyone in VT had a snow plow attached to the front so they could help clear)... my dumbass forgot that rule and woke up one morning to look out and go ".... fuuuuuuuuuuuu" and then my only question to the very nice city plow person was "excuse me do you know where they tow the vehicles too?" because I broke the rule and I'm not punishing anyone else for my stupid.
All I have to say is those firefighters are heroes, and whoever criticizes their decision to break those windows deserve to get kicked in the groin.
I'll do the kicking!!!! 😂
definitely, it's a good thing they came out with a quick solution so they could start working, it's very unfortunate they had an obstacle in the way in the first place
Damn, I was just gonna say fine, or jail time but I like the way you think.
They deserve broken windows!
yes but lets not deify them
"We're running out of water, and you're running out of life expectancy..." Again. Spit my drink out.
The sad fact is, most people today, especially those under the age of say, 40 years old, are firmly convinced that they are the only people on the entire planet, and everyone else must either get out of their way. Nobody, especially mom or dad, or grandma, or grandpa, or anyone else ever taught these people that their first responsibility to the rest of the world is to not make anything harder or more difficult for anyone else. Period. Full stop.
My dad is a firefighter and has had to bust car windows open to get the hose hooked up. Not only do you get a fine and broken windows, those hoses are not water proof so your car floods too. Most insurance companies will not write off/repair vehicles that block first responders doing their job, last I checked.
Ya, most insurance won't cover 'stupid...'
The good news is that hopefully one experience is enough to teach you a lesson and hopefully they won't park in front of fire hydrants anymore.
They’ll write them off all right, they just won’t pay you anything for them.
And depending on the area you can go to jail couse theirs a chance the glass could damage the hose on top of that your slowing the fire fighter down in my home town if you show up before the fires out the cops arrest you if you don’t they get you when you come in to pay the ticket or complain it’s something like a three mounth sentice that they let you pleaded down but it stays on your record
@@seanbraley2772 Punctuation please! No wonder people don't understand you😂
For those who say “there isn’t a fire now, I’ll be in and out so quick!” Let me tell you, I once left my apartment complex to go somewhere super local super fast, I must’ve been gone for like 5 minutes tops, when I returned the fire dept was there actively putting out a dumpster fire in the parking lot… LESS THAN 5 MINUTES!!!
Look at the fire in CO a few years back, taht sucker was spreading like crazy. Had a friend leave to go to the pharmacy, though he was fine, only to see his place up in flames (it was moving so fast). Don't mess with fire
I was at a festival a few years ago and we stepped out to run to corner store litterally up the street came back own of the builds roof was mostly on fire fire trucks came in right behind us.
Every fire in existence had a moment 5 minutes before the fire. This may be your moment!
That's the funniest thing I seen. BASIC DRIVING never park in front of a hydrant. TIME is a thing and lives matter.
This was a very amusing presentation & it is all true. I work for a property management company & I have seen how easily firefighters destroy a door to get to a medical emergency (doors needs total replacement afterwards). The owners of the cars parked by hydrants are lucky if only their windows get broken. Firefighters have tools to cut cars in half if needed & I am sure some are tempted to.
There’s no fixing stupid! I still remember the first time we had to do this in Queens back in 1980. The owner came down after the fire was out and tried to take the 4” 21/2” supply lines off the hydrant so he could move his car. The hydrant was still charged! A cop on the scene ended up locking him up for outstanding warrants. His car was then towed. It was a win-win-win!
So not only was he a Chad, we was a wanted Chad. Crime makes you stupid,
Is it legal to blast these types with the hose?
@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking I reckon he'd have done that pretty good all on his own if he'd actually managed to remove a supply line from a charged hydrant...
(bonus: I have to assume that his car wouldn't have had a good time in that scenario)
@@patheddles4004 Probably would have tipped the car over on its side
@@chuckwadnofski7147 and given that the windows were already broken, I reckon the car would be a write-off just from water damage.
When I was learning to drive, going through all the traffic laws, the instructor who was retired police was very, very clear about not parking in front of hydrants, because not only is it illegal, but specifically because the firefighters would break the windows of your car and you would be SOL because it's illegal to park there to begin with, and if you tried to "sue" or something you'd probably be laughed out of court after having a fine slapped on you (if a lawyer didn't laugh at you for having the idea first).
I agree 100%. If the auto gets flooded in the meantime, well? HELL YEAH!
I parked in front of a fire hydrant once: I had no idea until I got a ticket. However, the hydrant was literally painted green and entirely inside an evergreen bush that had grown around it. I got that ticket overturned with a photo (when I went out to take it, another car was parked there), and they later came out and cut the bush and painted it red. But beats me how it got painted green in the first place.
The correct response of a car owner in this situation is "OMG I'm such an idiot. I deserved every bit of that, and a ticket on top. I'm sorry my obliviousness/self-absorption/stupidity could have cost someone their life and also that it slowed down the fire team. Please allow me to buy the fire house's next meal as a token of my sincere regret. You guys like any of the local drive through places, my windows are already down."
I feel like you've never lost a >$40,000 or more car before. No matter whose fault it is, when you lose that much, you don't care about that kind of thing.
@@enderoctanus Agreed, there are oblivious and selfish people in the world. And the cost of replacing the windows is far less than $40k, and FAR FAR less than the loss of life the brain dead hydrant blockers may cause.
@@derherr65 If you've got a ton of water in your car from the hydrant, you've got way more problems than broken windows. Car might not be a complete write-off, but lemme tell you that if that ever happens to you, you're not going to be in the mood to just go, "Oh, wow, I'm so stupid and clearly deserve this!" You really don't seem to relate at all to other people. That person might not have noticed the hydrant, you're assuming some form of malice. Why do we have to celebrate something super unfortunate?
@@enderoctanus The fire fighters won't damage the hose and lose pressure. The whole point is straightening the hose as much as possible to minimize pressure loss. Did you not watch the video at all? You're awfully hung up on the CRIMINAL parking in front of the hydrant. Been there?
@@derherr65 I'm not hung up on anything. I'm trying to explain why someone isn't going to immediately feel like they should just skip on over to a charity and make a big donation or something to make up for some perceived evil deed. I'm not saying that you should go out of your way to block a fire hydrant, but if you just make a mistake, maybe weren't paying attention and park in front of one, and you come back to your windows busted out, you're going to be having a really bad day. I don't know why it's not allowed to sympathize with someone having a really bad day.
High school driver's education: my teacher said that we can park in a red zone if we want, but we do so with the understanding that fire fighters can turn our cars into aquariums if they want. I'm still waiting for that episode of Tanked.
They have done that on tanked a few times the 1 i remember was a vw bus tank for Gabe "Fluffy" Eglasias
The hose shouldn't leak. That would be grounds for a tag out of service condition for failing pressure testing.
@@t-yoonit You severely overestimate the ability of a pressurized hose to withstand even the smallest of rocks. Or, if you lay it through a busted window, glass
No one has the right to be upset when that happens.
In Aus there is the story of some jerk who actually parked across the fire station exit. The alarm went off and the fire engines came out and just shunted the car out of the way. A luxury car by the way. The dude gets back and finds the car on the opposite side of the road and he calls the police. The police charge him with parking in front of a drive way, parking in front of an emergency vehicle exit, obstructing an emergency vehicle in the course of its duties, general illegal parking creating a hazard for emergency vehicles and had his car towed as unsafe for the road. He took it to court where he was found guilty and lost his licence for a number of years. He was assigned the costs of the court case for the Fire Service. His car was deemed a write off, but because he was deemed to have committed a criminal act his insurance company denied his claim. Further his insurance company denied his claim to cover the damage to the fire engine and there was a rumour the victims of the fire were investigating whether or not they could sue him for attempting to delay the service, though I don't believe that proceeded. In any case the jerk lost significant amounts of money and was put in his place.
In my personal opinion, people complaining about the car damage in this situation should be barred from ever receiving a driving license.
Or from ever rexeiving service from the fire department.
@@thomasbell7033 100% agree with you
Or breeding because those kinds of people are honestly far to selfish or stupid to be fit parents.
Alas, the lack of a license is not a deterrent to some people.
I live at an awkward house where it is a HIGHLY parked on road, an my house is about as far from all the hydrants as is allowed... if my house ever catches fire, I'll go break those idiots windows myself!
As a kid, i saw that happen to someone's car on the news. The fireperson explained why. If I could understand at 7 years old why you shouldn't park in front of fire hydrants, adults can understand.
"Meh, what are the odds there'll be a fire when I happen to be parked there?"
You have to much faith to think that people are smarter than a 7 year old.
Your giving people way too much credit, most people aren't very smart.
One would think so, but some so-called "adults" in fact do not even have the intelligence and emotional maturity of a seven year old child.
People saying they would sue for property damage.
If this happened while I was at work and more of my stuff burned than had to or God forbid my pets were killed when they could have been saved, because the firefighters towed the car or lost pressure putting the hose over it, I would sue them and the jackass who parked in front of the hydrant, and I promise I would have better odds of getting damages.
I really hope that owner tried to sue and got thrown out of court and called a disrespectful idiot.
Those “no parking” signs are there for a reason.
You give these people too much credit. They don’t care about procedure or protocol. They live in a happy go lucky fantasy world, where for example, grocery stores magically restock their shelves and don’t realize trucks deliver them.
That is a fact about the "magic grocery shelves": Mom was doing some substitute teaching in late 1980s and one day came home absolutely flabbergasted that 5th graders had no idea, zero idea, that the food had an existence before it appeared on the store shelf.
I literally LOVE the fact that the car windows were smashed. Park in front a hydrant and you get what you get!
I feel like one important thing to note about running the hose under/over too is that it doesn't teach the car owner anything. If someone is parking in front of hydrants illegally, and they come back to something on fire and the hose is just going around their car, they'll probably do it again because that's kind of just showing them nothing actually happens if you do. If you smash their windows to run the hose through it, it'll be the last time they try that.
FDNY. has been doing this for years--it is a time-honored tradition in NY as a way to punish scofflaws and entitles people. I fully support this practice, and wish more fire departments would adopt this policy...
My husband used to work for a company that built fire engines. The engines were very beefed up in front for the very purpose of being capable of pushing a parked vehicle out of the way. There goes the transmission.
Fire engines?
And i cant Talk about IT but i gues IT Had Take longer to do that
@@timo4463 just google it if your English is that bad
Unless it's a stick.
@@shane99cathat fire engine don’t give two shits about a stick it’s called “I’m bigger than you, move out the way!” *slams on gas*
@@shane99ca Lock both axles on the car, guarantee the wheels aren't going to rotate at all, and the truck will still push it around no worries. Grip is proportional to vehicle weight, and a fire truck weighs a LOT more than a car. And from what Joan's saying, the trucks are designed for exactly that.