Fire crews assisting OCFA injured in crash

[DILLIGAF]

This seems to be pretty bad......I can't believe nobody has posted this up. Did I miss it somehow?

Where exactly did this happen? I suspect the 57/55/91 transition areas?

Hope they all fully recover

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[RitcheyRch]

sad to read.

 

[yz450mm]

OC fire truck carrying crew members battling wildfire flips over on freeway; 8 hurt

Www.foxla.com/news/ocfa-vehicle-flips-irvine-freeway-patients-airlifted

 

[Yldboyz]

Woke up this morning to this news, sad deal.

 

[Flatsix66]

Dodging a ladder on the 241 tollroad northbound by Portola.

 

[monkeyswrench]

That's a big vehicle to try evasive maneuvers in. After a 13-16 hour day, the drive "home" isn't pretty anyway. I hope they can recover. The truck looks hammered, pretty violent wreck.

 

[CLdrinker]

Dodging shit on road is rarely a good idea.

Take the hit make the repair live to see another day.

 

[Bobby V]

@throttle I think is a OCFA engineer.?

 

[skiracr]

It's pretty easy to Monday morning quarterback the operators decision to take evasive action rather than hit the obstruction head on. A decision he had to make within a couple seconds. The ladder was a 24' ish construction extension ladder that the lead vehicle had already hit, and sent bouncing on the freeway. He made the best decision he could at the time. They did graze the ladder. But what if it hit straight on and the ladder went through the floorboard and killed someone? You just don't know. These men are severely injured and if we don't lose anyone, it will be a miracle. Even so, with some of their injuries being reported, their lives will never be the same, ever. It's been very traumatic for our entire agency and the fire/first responder community.

Edit:
Our Engineers and operators go through extensive defensive driving/code 3 driving and hours on controlled cone courses. One of the things they train on is high speed evasive lane changes.

Let's be respectful. Like I said, some of these men are in grave condition in the ICU.

 

[Warlock1]

They need to go after the dumbass that couldn't secure a ladder the right way

 

[Socalx09]

Oh man, that’s a tough read. Sending prayers.

 

[ltbaney1]

we live right near there, heard all the sirens and saw the helicopter come in. had no clue it was firecrew until the wife saw it on the news this morning.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Oh man that is horrible. We have many friends out and about because of the fires. Some traveling many miles. Best to those and the families…

 

[throttle]

@throttle I think is a OCFA engineer.?

I was supposed to be on shift, although I am on some scheduled time off up at Lake Powell. My crew responded to the 241/tomato springs incident, i had a chance to briefly check in with them when i heard the news. Its absolutely horrible! Leave it at this for now, we appreciate your thoughts and prayers right now.

 

[Luvnlife]

They need to go after the dumbass that couldn't secure a ladder the right way

Our safety call was about this today because we all carry ladders on our trucks. My rule is take a ladder off secure the rest. When I walk to to the truck to leave I’m look’ing at the tie downs.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Our safety call was about this today because we all carry ladders on our trucks. My rule is take a ladder off secure the rest. When I walk to to the truck to leave I’m look’ing at the tie downs.

When I was roofing, I'd always lean the ladder on the back, and it was the last thing I'd strap down before I left. It's amazing how many get dumped on the freeways.

 

[4Waters]

Our safety call was about this today because we all carry ladders on our trucks. My rule is take a ladder off secure the rest. When I walk to to the truck to leave I’m look’ing at the tie downs.

When I was roofing, I'd always lean the ladder on the back, and it was the last thing I'd strap down before I left. It's amazing how many get dumped on the freeways.

I see 4-5 on any given day on the LA freeway, it's absolute bullshit that people can't tie them down