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I go to get coffee, and I see this:

n10sive said:
the driver sits in the middle? that is rad!
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n10sive said:
Not true. Every single car fire I have been on our objective is to get it out. For several reasons: 1) personal property preservation. People carry lots of shit they don't want destroyed in their cars; 2) protect things around the fire. car fires release an incredible amount of toxins, and can damage the road, surrounding structures, trees, etc. Flying bumpers can seriously injure people too.
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Indeed.

As far as response times, well, I can only say for around CoCo but they will call dispatch and say there's a medical in front of the station or self-assign to a possible fire. It happens a lot. Also, if they called 911 from a cell phone, CHP dispatch can take a LONG time to xfer to fire. They could have been on a medical call somewhere as well, possibly.
But yeah, car catches on fire and it's basically done for.
 
9M61 said:
I'm not sure what their deal was here.... but it was a rather pathetic response time. I live in a small town, I know they weren't busy with another structure fire, and they literally had to drive under 2 miles.

This is the second time I've seen pathetic response times from my local fire department. The house across the street from me burnt to the ground. We called when the place was first showing signs, the father and two of us were able to get the children out of the house, and the house was basically completely engulfed before the FD showed. Again, it was a 10 minute response time to a residential fire, less than a mile away.
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I'm not saying any of this actually happened or even know why it took the fire department that long to respond but just for some general knowledge. Most fire deparments country wide are volunteer (meaning responding from home, getting in the engine driving to the call=long responses) Here in Sacramento due to budget cuts they are closing down fire stations=longer response time, medical calls take up 90% of all calls for the fire department, if the closest unit was on a medical aid call=longer response time, sometimes bad directions from dispatch, or even wrong direction of travel from the reporting party can mess up a call=longer response time. Or they all could have been asleep or watching TV, unfortunately we will probably never know, but hopefully this will give a little insight into why it might take some extra time for a unit to get to you. But we never think, hey if we wait longer then the insurance will cover the whole thing. I mean we are really some of the only stupid people on the planet that run to burning things instead of away.
 
Man that sucks, one of my favorite cars...not that I'm likely to ever own one, but they sure ain't making any more.

The first stereo was rejected for being too heavy, they sent the company back to make a lighter one! The car came out to 2600lbs...a real sports car.

R.I.P.
 
A. Look at the link. They gave a $2 million price tag. It was insured for $3 million. Hmmmm ...........

B. Look at the link. This is SO....... typical rich guy stuff. Extremely high performance cars are bogged around in street traffic after not being driven for months and then something goes wrong. For god's sake, these ain't Priuses, you moron owners. Give that sucker to someone who will DRIVE it and take care of it. And get a new Obama mobile.

Give it to ME. I will take it, even if it is a little over cooked. Thanks.
:)
 
b.rock said:
Also, if they called 911 from a cell phone, CHP dispatch can take a LONG time to xfer to fire.
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+1

I used my cell phone to report a car fire once. It was a good 10 minutes before they transferred me to fire. I was on hold at least 5 minutes before I even got to talk to the CHP. I literally could have walked to the fire station faster (It was about 1/4 mile away).
 
Damn....

It would have been cool to get a pic of you roasting marshmellows over the fire... after all, what are the chances? :laughing
 
OldFatGuy said:
+1

I used my cell phone to report a car fire once. It was a good 10 minutes before they transferred me to fire. I was on hold at least 5 minutes before I even got to talk to the CHP. I literally could have walked to the fire station faster (It was about 1/4 mile away).
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OFG (and everyone) -- for this reason I make a point of including the non-emergency numbers of area departments in my cellphone. Most modern phones are capable of thousands of entries, use 20 of them. If you're in an urban area, seriously consider stopping at a gas station and calling 911 from a payphone rather than relying on a cell.

Some PSAPs also have published direct numbers, and those are worth saving as well.

I had this problem in Michigan too, where the Wayne, Washtenaw Sheriff's office and MSP couldn't get me transferred quickly enough, but I had all the local numbers I needed, so I informed them that I'd just place a direct call.
 
Fuck, pretty sure I saw THAT car in LG not long ago.

The body is a single-piece carbon-fiber shell. That's gonna be bank to replace...
 
n10sive said:
I had a car fire once. Pulled into the driveway of the fire station. It took them over 5 minutes to respond :wtf An 'off duty' fireman with an extinguisher actually put the fire out. The guys inside were 'Union' and had to wait until they were dispatched and nobody had called 911 yet since I was in the damn driveway of a fire station! :mad :shocker
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Your mistake was stopping in the driveway and not just driving into the house
 
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