Comments on: Do Fire Stations Ever Catch Fire?

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:46:54 +0000

Who delivers mail to the post office? Why, the post office, of course. ;-)

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:45:56 +0000

actually not to long ago our ambulance caught fire at the hospital from once again bad wiring. does seem to plague emergency vehicles.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:24:07 +0000

We actually had a call during a parade a couple of years ago. We are just a volunteer department and were actually in a parade in another town when we got paged out. We had two trucks in the parade and the rest were in the station, we just flipped on the siren and got on the loudspeakers and told people to move we were coming through.

By: Jeneva

Jeneva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:23:45 +0000

Christine – if there were a fire while a FD was marching they would simply get on the truck and get out of the line of march. The ones that don’t get on the truck would finish the parade.

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:58:37 +0000

I actually work in a historic firehouse (on the National Register even!) built in 1913. There was a previous firehouse on the site built I think in 1911, made of wood, which burned down while the firefighters were away on a call. The 1913 structure was made of brick, and has survived since (though it hasn’t hosted actual firemen since the days of horse-and-buggy fire trucks).

There’s also a row of houses alongside the firehouse which are known as Fireman’s Row, they’re all kit houses from the Sears catalog where you’d have them ship the lumber, plans, and so on via the railroad and then build your own house.

This is all in Portland, Oregon on SE 7th Ave, a few blocks south of Hawthorne. (For the curious.)

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:26:46 +0000

What would happen if there was a fire during a parade? Because you know ALL parades MUST include the local fire department.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:39:35 +0000

Last month at our local volunteer fire department’s monthly meeting, the guys were working on the ancient fire truck when it backfired and one of the guys caught fire. He was burned on his chest, hands and face. He’s doing pretty well, but pretty scary, huh?

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:29:41 +0000

This maybe one of the most ironic articles I’ve read.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:01:30 +0000

Seems like a lot of these fires start with bad wiring in the trucks. If I were in charge, I’d overhaul those trucks first.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:34:11 +0000

While I don’t know of any fire stations catching on fire, I did once Fed-Ex a package to my sister’s work, which happens to be my hometown post office. Chuckles all around…