biggiy05
11-14-2006, 11:38 AM
..and it's really starting to become a pain in the ass!
First it started with a small produce style barn/shack. It was just a small over hang with a sliding door that some people had corn and pumpkins among other things that would sell. The arsonist set that on fire and while it's still standing it's not structurally sound so the people can't use it any more. Then the person or persons set a township building on fire. It suffered minor damage.
Fast forward a few weeks and the person sets a an abandoned farm house on fire. The fire started just after 4pm and a second alarm was sent out for our neighboring station in Hartford. The fire wasn't completely out until after 10pm that night. I live in a farming town that has some housing developments but for the most part it's still a small country town. It's half city water and the other half is well water. What makes fighting these fires hard is that the closest fire hydrant is at least 2 miles away. We have a 2,000 gallon tanker that we use outside of the city water, our engine holds 1,000 gallons along with our rescue truck. Both have pumps but that water is going out as fast as it comes in. Refilling the reserve makes it even harder.
Saturday night there was another fire down the road from me. It was an occupied house. The whole front half of the house is torched, the inside isn't in pretty shape either. It was ruled as an arson yesterday afternoon.
What kind of an idiot goes around setting fires that cause property damage, cost the township money, puts the firefighters at risk along with the people in the houses? The state investigators have had a few leads but they have all hit dead ends.
Just felt like ranting.
First it started with a small produce style barn/shack. It was just a small over hang with a sliding door that some people had corn and pumpkins among other things that would sell. The arsonist set that on fire and while it's still standing it's not structurally sound so the people can't use it any more. Then the person or persons set a township building on fire. It suffered minor damage.
Fast forward a few weeks and the person sets a an abandoned farm house on fire. The fire started just after 4pm and a second alarm was sent out for our neighboring station in Hartford. The fire wasn't completely out until after 10pm that night. I live in a farming town that has some housing developments but for the most part it's still a small country town. It's half city water and the other half is well water. What makes fighting these fires hard is that the closest fire hydrant is at least 2 miles away. We have a 2,000 gallon tanker that we use outside of the city water, our engine holds 1,000 gallons along with our rescue truck. Both have pumps but that water is going out as fast as it comes in. Refilling the reserve makes it even harder.
Saturday night there was another fire down the road from me. It was an occupied house. The whole front half of the house is torched, the inside isn't in pretty shape either. It was ruled as an arson yesterday afternoon.
What kind of an idiot goes around setting fires that cause property damage, cost the township money, puts the firefighters at risk along with the people in the houses? The state investigators have had a few leads but they have all hit dead ends.
Just felt like ranting.