Woburn Ma car fire K June 26,2007

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Ed I don't think it was all that much criticism as much as it was concern. With the materials that cars are made with now (magnesium something or other) and all the hybrids that are out there you never know what can happen. There is a video out there on You tube of a firefighter putting a hose inside the side window and the steering wheels metal (that magnesium stuff) exploded and launched him 15 feet. At the Mass Fire Academy when they teach about car fires the first thing that they talk about is NEVER EVER say " It's only a car fire" just my .02 on this and I am not being critical just don't want to see a brother get injured

[quote name='edburke' post='127407' date='Jul 9 2007, 06:09 ']Why? He's upwind, and I'd be willing to say he's seen more than one. Last car fire I put out, I didn't even have a piece of fire apparatus, just my extinguisher off the ambulance and my uniform. Plus, every car fire I've ever shot was from about the same distance, but with absolutely nothing more than my camera, are you going to criticize me, a person who isn't even a firefighter for being too close without PPE? Tell me I should go out, buy my own bunker gear and SCBA if I'm going to be that close? It pisses me off to no end when people criticize the PPE on car fires, and I'm making a public statement that any more of it in this thread, or any other for that matter, will not be tolerated.[/quote]