Posted on 07/06/2018 4:12:49 PM PDT by RightGeek
DALLAS Firefighters and paramedics in Dallas were dodging fireworks Wednesday night, as many Independence Day revelers illuminated the skyline illegally.
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According to Dallas Fire-Rescue Spokesperson Jason Evans, two engines had to be taken out of service after they were hit with fireworks.
One of those engines, Engine 18, is quite possibly the busiest engine in the city.
A firefighter riding in the back of Engine 18 even captured the moment the truck was hit on his cell phone.
According to Captain Jim McDade, the President of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, Engine 18 was headed to a medical call near an East Dallas apartment complex on Munger when an artillery shell was thrown underneath the truck.
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You then see a firework illuminate near the front of the engine, hear an explosion, and then smoke can be seen coming from the undercarriage.
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McDade says that the firework blew the oil pan off the engine. Evans confirmed that its not yet back in service.
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Another incident involved DFR Ambulance 24. McDade shared pictures of its charred floorboards and said that another reveler tossed an artillery shell inside the cab when the window was rolled down.
He said that a paramedic was flagged down by someone for help, and when he rolled down the window the firework was tossed in by someone else.
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(Excerpt) Read more at wfaa.com ...
Also at Domino's, I had my car shot with paintballs, and hit by a frozen egg. Left a big dent. It was Halloween, about 4 degrees and snowing. So the egg the kids threw was frozen.
I was trying to look it up but ran into a Google search for “Migrant Rape Epidemic in Germany and the Descent Into Madness” Sept2,2016.
Now I’ll have trouble sleeping. Sorry for all of us.
A fire engine is not an MRAP.
We had Roman Candle fights. Of our friends, 4 parents had lake houses next to each other with boat houses. We manned the boat docks with an arsenal of Roman Candles. The objective was to make the other guys jump into the water to avoid being hit by a ball. If you went into the water you were out.
The team that had the most, or last, person standing won!
GREAT FUN!
On a personal note: Ben Harned, when around water, always got naked. RIP Ben. You are missed.
Thinkin’ back on all that seems like a thousand years ago . . .
Blew tha dang oil pan OFF!!
What, you never had bottle rocket battles as a kid ?
sheesh
It's really really hard to imagine much of that going on in this mess that used to be our country.
And we not only survived just fine, thankyouverymuch, but such was completely unremarkable at the time.
That's what got my attention .. on a truck that size, that oil pan's not on there with little 1/4-20 bolts.
Even better supplies were to be had in MO !
I’d like to see a photo showing it blown off. I could
see where it maybe blew a hole in it and oil came out.
Just another attack on civility by Mad Maxi’s knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.
Artillery shell? Do they have any idea what a real artillery round would do to a fire truck?
These reporters have no clue whatsoever.
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“And we not only survived just fine, thankyouverymuch, but such was completely unremarkable at the time.”
In Texas it was not only considered unremarkable, it was expected.
Thank you for the conversation and great memories.
Easy solution, refuse to respond to violent areas of the city. Problem solved.
It was a large illegal firework, a large mortar tube type.
It exploded under the truck. As oposed to hundreds of feet in the air.
Wow..So if they'd used one of these I guess the reporters would have said, "An Atom Bomb was thrown under the fire truck".
What a farce.
“fireworks” or “Artillary shells”???
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