Firefighter Captain arrested for not moving the truck.

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Permalink Reply by Ted Bownas on February 22, 2008 at 5:25pm

I agree with 913 - this has been discussed ad nauseaum in the last few weeks. Bottom line(s): (1) It was an unfortunate incident which has probably permanently crippled these two departments' working relationship.
(2) I guarantee everyone involved wishes it had never happened, and (3) the lesson here is to go to the other agencies with whom you have to coexist BEFORE there's a problem and make a workable policy to protect yourselves, your scenes, your patients, and everyone's professional egos. Don't let those egos determine what happens at the time of the alarm; events are almost guaranteed to get away from you. (you'll be reading about YOURSELF on the Secret List:-)

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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on February 22, 2008 at 6:19pm

One word comes to mind. Interoperability. If you can't work together, you either need a job change or more training. End of story

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Permalink Reply by Doyle on February 22, 2008 at 6:57pm

I live in Missouri, since this incident, Mo has past a state wide law that any fire/ems unit can block park or subdue a road highway interstate to block traffic within reason to protect theirselves and the victims and patients to which they are responding. We have a problem on the interstate when landing our helicopters, troopers donot like to shut the interstate down and forbid the fire department from doing so, So we just hover and refuse to land. Were as now with the law in place we out rankem for a few minutes. Everyone goes home safe and the traffic stopped gets some cool pictures.

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Permalink Reply by FireRescue1.com on February 22, 2008 at 7:07pm

Hey all,

Here is the dashcam video from my facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireRescue1/8722202938

Of course the cop was out of line arrestin the FF. What good did it accomplish? What was his goal in getting the engine to move? To clear up traffic? clearly he created a larger and more dangerous incident through his actions.
However the captain may not have been free of fault. We cannont hear what was said, and its possible differnt actions by either party could have setteled the dispute without resorting to arrests.

Also, whats up with the officer jumping off the rig before it stopped without PPE? A reckless action like that could indicate a careless attitude from the officer. That being said, its pretty hard to defend the cops actions.

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