This from Eric Haak:
Engine 16 was involved in a 1B accident at 39th and Wallace while responding to a working fire two blocks away 6/15616. A pin-in response was requested shortly after Engine 16 notified the office that they had been involved. Squad 1 was held up on the working fire and then continued on to the accident. The last image shows the minimal damage to the engine. One member of the engine was transported to Christ Hospital.
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
#1 by Joe on June 28, 2016 - 3:23 PM
I say this with a healthy sense of irony knowing how few new deliveries there have been to CFD in the last several years. However, if every rig that was ever in a crash was put on some sort of “banned” list and wasn’t allowed to get a new rig, no company in the CFD would ever get a new rig. Fender benders are a daily occurrence, it’s part of the cost of doing business. You obviously hope that they don’t happen, and if they do you hope that no one is injured, but they happen, and they happen a lot. With a department the size of CFD and the number of runs they go on, these things are bound to happen.
#2 by BIll Post on June 27, 2016 - 11:04 PM
Yesterday (June 26, 2016) there were two fire engine crashes in the same neighborhood in Queens, New York. The accidents were a few hours apart however they were on the same street within a few blocks. The first accident was with an MTA bus.
Both were new KME engines that have only been in service about a year and a half. At least two firefighters were injured in the first crash.
Here is a link to a news report on the accidents. If the link doesn’t work just copy and past the address in your browsers.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/26/fdny-truck-collides-with-bus/
Here’s another link
http://www.firerescue1.com/apparatus/articles/102585018-NY-fire-truck-crash-injures-14-including-2-firefighters/
#3 by Michael M on June 27, 2016 - 8:21 PM
That looks like Engine 5 in the picture that Daniel is talking about. It is for sure one of the newer rigs.
#4 by Eric Haak on June 27, 2016 - 6:42 PM
It was engine 50 who had a line led out during the extrication.
#5 by FFPMTom on June 27, 2016 - 11:15 AM
Aldan did you read the post or look at the pictures?
#6 by Aidan Hughes on June 27, 2016 - 10:53 AM
Will E16’s rig be permanently out of service since it got involved in an accident? Is the crash minor or major? Is it totaled?
#7 by Marty Coyne on June 27, 2016 - 10:09 AM
Totaling a rig keeps you off the new rig list. Minor fender benders don’t
#8 by Mike d on June 28, 2016 - 12:29 AM
What happens if a accident turns out not to be the CFD’s fault? Would a company still be put on that no new rig list?
#9 by Daniel on June 27, 2016 - 8:35 AM
In the second image, is that engine 51 from Chicago Fire being used as a reserve or something
#10 by Jason on June 27, 2016 - 3:04 PM
That is not Engine 51. I can tell because it is a newer rig, and I’m pretty sure that NBC actually bought that rig. I might be wrong though.
#11 by CrabbyMilton on June 27, 2016 - 8:34 AM
Or until another company wrecks one, Then they’ll be first on the “naughty list”.
I guess some people just don’t pay the slightest attention to emergency vehicles.
#12 by Mike Mc on June 27, 2016 - 8:13 AM
I said the same about Tower Ladder 34 but I believe that tradition, for better or for worse, is no longer followed.
#13 by FireTroll on June 27, 2016 - 7:38 AM
The CFD brass will never give Engine Co. 16 a new apparatus again. It’s gonna be hand me downs for them for the rest of time!