Fire Engine Damaged In I-880 Collision

Friday, March 2, 2007

Fire Engine Damaged In I-880 Collision

Fire Engine Damaged In I-880 Collision

Fire Engine Damaged In I-880 Collision
March 2, 2007

California - A Fremont fire engine responding to a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 880 was damaged Wednesday by a delivery truck that was involved in the initial incident, fire officials said. The engine was dispatched to northbound I-880 near Alvarado Boulevard about noon, after a delivery truck and two other vehicles were involved in a minor-injury collision, Capt. Gerry Fogel said.

By the time firefighters arrived, a California Highway Patrol officer was at the scene and had closed at least one lane of the freeway, the captain said.

Minutes later, the CHP officer asked the delivery truck driver to move his truck to the side of the road so they could reopen lanes for traffic, Fogel said. But when the delivery man turned the engine on, it automatically went into "high-idle" and then quickly moved backward when the driver tried to put the truck into the drive gear, Fogel said.

The delivery truck traveled backward 30 feet and slammed into the fire engine, which was parked directly behind it blocking traffic, the captain said.

The truck continued to push up against the engine until the driver was able to turn it off, the captain said.

Moments later, after all the vehicles were on the side of the road, four additional vehicles collided at the same location, possibly because their drivers were looking at the wreckage, Fogel said.

Only minor injuries were reported in the first incident; no one else was hurt in the subsequent collisions.

Written by Oakland Tribune

Courtesy of © 2007, YellowBrix, Inc.

No comments:

How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States. CDF - CAL FIRE Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year. CAL FIRE Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties in California and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters. CAL FIRE Firefighters respond to many various types and forms of calls ranging from structural fires, to auto accidents, to earthquakes, to floods, to the spilling of hazardous materials, to every conceivable disaster; CAL FIRE answer's the calls. CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States . CAL FIRE firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). We have over 4,000 members within CAL FIRE and CAL FIRE is associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

CFN - CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS - CAL FIRE NEWS

Friday, March 2, 2007