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Firefighters mistakenly pump jet fuel on fire instead of water
KGW Portland ^ | 12/14/2013

Posted on 12/14/2013 8:54:12 PM PST by wonkowasright

The Washington State Patrol is investigating a serious mishap at its fire training academy in North Bend. During a training exercise, firefighters mistakenly pumped jet fuel instead of water onto a flaming mock-up of an airplane crash.


TOPICS: Government; US: Oregon
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To: wonkowasright

And it’s only a coincidence that the woman who released Obama’s birth certificate was on that plane.


21 posted on 12/14/2013 9:21:10 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: volunbeer

Misleading headline. Why not say “accident at firefighting school injures two” until the real cause can be determined? Because that doesn’t make “good” news.


22 posted on 12/14/2013 9:24:56 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: wonkowasright

Airplane. Fire. Jet fuel mistaken for water. I’m guessing the infamous pilot “Sum Ting Wong” was in the area again.


23 posted on 12/14/2013 9:26:21 PM PST by FredZarguna (Wink wink. Nudge nudge. Know what I mean? Know what I mean?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Except he did it on purpose.


24 posted on 12/14/2013 9:27:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: wonkowasright

What a BS title!
They didn’t ‘mistakenly’ pump jet fuel onto a fire.
That makes it sound as if they just hooked a hose up to a tank of jet fuel and started spraying.
They were using recycled water just like they were supposed to.
BUT they recycled water still had jet fuel in it from previous exercises.
It was obviously a mechanical failure in the recovery system somewhere, probably a busted separator.
The reporters even say so in the segment.
But what do they name the story?
“Firefighters Mistakenly Pump Jet Fuel On Fire Instead Of Water!”
What a disingenuous crock of ****.


25 posted on 12/14/2013 9:28:42 PM PST by servo1969
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To: wonkowasright

The Firefighter’s name was David Bowie.


26 posted on 12/14/2013 9:31:16 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: wonkowasright

27 posted on 12/14/2013 9:31:32 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: USNBandit

It certainly made me click the story on. I couldn’t help myself. People have been fed a regular diet of Bleeps and Bloopers for years, so I admit, I was ready for a good laugh.


28 posted on 12/14/2013 9:33:06 PM PST by lee martell
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To: wonkowasright

Are you not suppose to fight fire with fire?.....


29 posted on 12/14/2013 9:35:45 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: wonkowasright

how does that happen??


30 posted on 12/14/2013 9:36:15 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: catnipman

On a real aircraft fire (as opposed to a training exercise) people are less worried about recycling the water used and more worried about extinguishing the fire. Under those circumstances, this would not have happened because there would have been no separator to fail.


31 posted on 12/14/2013 9:36:37 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: RichInOC
WHAT HAPPEN?

SOMEONE SET UP US THE BURN!

32 posted on 12/14/2013 9:39:00 PM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: FredZarguna

To #23> I knew “Sum Tin Wong’s” sister, the transgendered one, Susie Wong. Also their ruptured cousin “One Hung Low.”
Then there was another cousin, a pedophile named “Sum Young Boy”.

Also they had a relative, a waiter in a Chinese restaurant, who never really learned English very well. He would tell diners that if they ordered one item from Column A and one from Column B, they would get a free “leg roll”. Remind me not to eat in that place.

“Very strange family” say Charlie Chan.


33 posted on 12/14/2013 9:44:02 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: minnesota_bound

Indeed :)


34 posted on 12/14/2013 10:00:52 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: wonkowasright

Good. Now that they’ve made it clear, never let them get near a fire again. Better sooner than later.


35 posted on 12/14/2013 10:00:59 PM PST by Moose Burger
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To: Moose Burger

Why should these TRAINEES, meaning those in training by definition, never get near a fire again? Who put or allowed jet fuel in the lines? Do you even care?


36 posted on 12/14/2013 10:52:18 PM PST by KJC1
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To: KJC1

Who put or allowed jet fuel in the lines?

This was a training exercise. During those you start fires as well as put them out.


37 posted on 12/14/2013 10:54:43 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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To: PeterPrinciple

I agree with you, but clearly something went wrong here. The addition of jet fuel was not part of the intended training, or it wouldn’t have ended up in the news.


38 posted on 12/14/2013 11:00:42 PM PST by KJC1
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Same nozzle design?


39 posted on 12/14/2013 11:09:51 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Moose Burger
“During a training exercise”

Training exercises are where you go to accomplish your finest screw-ups.
This way you reduce the chances of a ‘cluster’ attacking your performance in a real emergency.
I hope they will all be able to use this invaluable knowledge to save life in the future.

40 posted on 12/15/2013 12:46:56 AM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. This is not the post you are looking for ....move along now....)
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