All Videos Tagged Close call (My Firefighter Nation) - My Firefighter Nation 2024-05-04T23:57:39Z https://my.firefighternation.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Close+call&rss=yes&xn_auth=no Fire Department Tanker Backs into Civilian Pedestrian at Tennessee Working Fire tag:my.firefighternation.com,2009-12-02:889755:Video:4404891 2009-12-02T03:25:32.648Z Firefighter Nation WebChief https://my.firefighternation.com/profile/webchief <a href="http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com">FirefighterCloseCalls.com</a><br></br> Reprinted with Permission<br></br> <br></br> Tuesday, December 1, 2009 -- In what is clearly a CLOSE CALL, at the scene of fire companies operating on the scene of a working church fire. you will see a civilian ignoring the apparatus and the backup alarm (we need to expect that-they are not focused on us) and walking right into the path of a backing fire tanker-and the tanker striking him.<br></br> <br></br> Fortunately, the… <a href="http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com">FirefighterCloseCalls.com</a><br /> Reprinted with Permission<br /> <br /> Tuesday, December 1, 2009 -- In what is clearly a CLOSE CALL, at the scene of fire companies operating on the scene of a working church fire. you will see a civilian ignoring the apparatus and the backup alarm (we need to expect that-they are not focused on us) and walking right into the path of a backing fire tanker-and the tanker striking him.<br /> <br /> Fortunately, the outcome was positive as the civilian was uninjured-but the video is pretty dramatic and makes the point of us insuring we have safe passage, going forward-and when backing. This situation could have been horrific for the civilian, the department and the Firefighter driving the apparatus. We have several stories on <a href="http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com">www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com</a> where the outcome was far worse for all affected.<br /> <br /> A videographer was shooting video of a church fire in Unicoi County (TN) when the man was caught on camera walking around the scene where fire apparatus was trying to operate.<br /> <br /> Luckily, the fire apparatus just moved him a few feet. He was escorted away from the busy scene by fire fighters.