Grand Rapids Fire Dept. (michigan) New highway crash safety vehical.

[RBRONKEMA GHTFD]

Heres what a dept near me is doing to help keep its members and other motorist safe while workign crashes on one of the major highways in my area. I think its pretty clever and I think its pretty cool.


GRFD's new weapon in highway crashes | WOOD TV8

 

[EHFD_Tower_751]

that was unique.


Would make for an interesting model and yes I build models of fire trucks as a hobby

 

[Station 3]

Nice very good idea

 

[Hoser]

Kept costs down and save a life. Win win

 

[cory y]

Kept costs down and save a life. Win win

dont know why more departs arnt doing this exact thing

 

[TCO]

great idea,saves departments money when morons dont pay attention

 

[pondfly]

Fantastic idea, from the intended use, hauling things (hose, hay, etc.) and throw a plow up front for clearing paths when the city can't keep up. I love it.

 

[whatevah]

Ok, now THIS is a real traffic unit.


Got some info about this is in an email from firefighterclosecalls.com, pretty interesting. Apparently the local SOP is to send two vehicles for highway crashes, one as a rescue unit and the second as a blocker to protect the crews. But, the local drivers are pretty bad and they kept hitting the blocker unit causing a lot of damage and downtime. So... this came about.

It's a former utility truck from the water department, and has been given an arrow board, crash attenuator, light bar, chevrons, etc. And a split pattern for the front bumper lights. Boooo. The video says it's not in service yet, but I'm wondering if they'll put anything in the dump body. I'd say a bunch of cones and such, but getting access to them would probably be difficult.

 

[Flashguy]

Yeah, saw this earlier on the secret list. Anything that will help them do the job safer and cause less damage to apparatus is a great idea. It really shows their chief's and officials are thinking outside the box and trying to save money. Great job!

 

[kitn1mcc]

thats a great Idea just the way that Vector is mounted the rotars are gonan get eatin up

 

[TritonBoulder47]

I think its a GREAT idea!!! Looks good too... A little minimal with frontal warning, but thats not where its needed... And the rear is set-up perfect...

 

[FireEMSPolice]

dont know why more departs arnt doing this exact thing

No room in the apparatus bay/floor..lol

 

[backdraft51]

No room in the apparatus bay/floor..lol

Also cause we are not as lucky as they are and get the truck for free.

 

[Camerin]

Pretty cool rig. Unique solution to a common problem.

 

[DaveCN5]

As much as I hate Connecticut at least they are doing something right with their CHAMP program. They are fully equipped trucks and assist FD and PD with traffic control at accidents and traffic stops as well provide assistance to motoroists. We've had good luck with them so far and they are called to respond to our accident scenes as soon as we are dispatched.

 

[11b101abn]

That is a really good idea. Cost effective too.

 

[coopers]

We've had those set ups on our local DOT trucks for years. Very effective at