Fire at fire house?

[chris kennedy]

Yup, link.

 

[fatboy]

I will assume this was an unoccupied fire house? Like, volunteers?

 

[Insurance Engineer]

I wonder if the firehouse had a central station fire detection system installed if the damage would have been as severe. Lets hope when they rebuild they add a fire sprinkler system! Yea I know the fire detection and sprinklers may not be "required" BUT you got to set an example.

 

[jar546]

Hmmm, another firehouse in northeastern and central PA burnt. If someone from the insurance industry starts to run the numbers in comparison to other type structures and uses, they will see that for some reason, that area of the country and state seem to have several of these fires a year and the percentage of fires per fires station in this area is very high compared to most other buildings. Just saying.

 

[MASSDRIVER]

Out in our neck of the woods we had a volunteer firefighter set grass fires during high winds a couple years back. Had to go out and euthanize a bunch of cooked alive sheep with lead poisoning. Now, I hate sheep as much as the next guy but that was not pleasant.

People do funny things.

Brent.

 

[Builder Bob]

I know of two fires at fire stations in our state in the last two years - both career fire departments....

 

[Frank]

It is all too common--been there twice at my station once house after everyone left after turkey shoot fund raiser--cigarette in the overturned ashtray in couch, and another was when I found smoke filled building after the paid crew left food on the stove responding to an call and forgot to turn off the stove when I got there to pick up the tanker.

 

[rth]

Surprized they don't happen more often. What other residential occupancy gets evacuated for a real emergency everyday? Makes it a lot easier to leave something on the stove.