“I just need to run in for a few minutes.”

  • Krafty Kactus@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    “Walkable streets means it’s harder for first responders to get places” MFers when the cars are the things that end up blocking emergency vehicles:

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      2 months ago

      The bumpers on American fire engines are huge, and built to push cars right out of the way.

      Similar to how they like to smash both windows and run hoses through cars parked in front of hydrants.

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        1 month ago

        Similar to how they like to smash both windows and run hoses through cars parked in front of hydrants.

        Anybody who thinks this is a joke: It is not. Most firefighters are retired military given weird fucking tools and a penchant to use them on anything. If they are legally allowed to smash your fucking windows, they will. They will use the Jaws of Life to tear your fucking car apart if they have to. Just imagine them like the police but the inability to kill people who don’t (or, ya know, do) listen to them, with the same overzealousness, hero complex, and everything, but more respectable because they actually do serve and protect.

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    2 months ago

    They should have sent somebody out to check on the person and forcefully move the car, break a window if they have to.

    • borkborkbork@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      have seen firetrucks in the US literally push cars out of the way. not good for either but lives are at stake. same with idiots that block hydrants - they want to do that, just open the doors (after popping a window or 4 to gain access) and run the hoses through the interior. if people want to play stupid games, they can win stupid prizes.