Car fires

OK so last night I got my tucas whooped during drill which was, packing up, taking a hydrant, pulling a pre-connect, and attacking a car fire (repeatedly). I had fun (except for loading the hose bed). I asked some questions, while some were answered some were not.

Besides approaching at a 45 degree angle from the front, how else would you approach safely to attack a fire in the engine? What is the safest way to open a hatch back? If you are not a car junkie how would you be able to tell if it is a hydrid/electrical?

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Borg on December 10, 2010 at 4:27pm

Good article. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by 55 TRUCK on December 11, 2010 at 9:08pm

Why are you hitting a hydrant on a car fire? You only need to approach from the 45 if the bumper is loaded. Meaning the car has hit somthing with the front bumper & this depends on the yr and model. As for the hatch back, if the car is on fire we just break out the back window.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on December 13, 2010 at 7:53am

It was task performance night. We have three stadard that we do and two random.

Standard is taking a hydrant, packing up, pulling a preconnect.

my other two were setting up an attack on a burning car and setting up a ladder.