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Date:         Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:38:48 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fire ruins my day...

Sue Taco Bell! Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 01:21:54 -0400 "Horace K. Sawyer" <firestream@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: >Bravo! I'm a vol. f/f too. > >Sue the fire dept? For what? Did they start the fire? Heck, truth >be >known, the owner was probably negligent in not maintaining his >vehicle. >After all, how many well maintained vehicles spontaneously burst into >flames at Taco Bell. > > What if he ran into someone and killed them because he was too damn >cheap >to maintain the van? Then what would we be facing . . . > >HkS > > > >At 05:51 PM 4/20/99 -0400, you wrote: >> Eric writes, "I would start by getting a good lawyer and suing the >nozzle >>nuts. They cause more damage than the fire >>sometimes. It's a wonder they didn't try to cut the roof on a door >post, to >>get in to a perfectly fine unlocked door to get to the fire." >> My wife is a Paramedic who runs 911 calls in Shelby County, TN. >surrounding >>Memphis. Stationed in a firehouse and making the fire scene with >>firefighters she is exposed to all of the dangers attendant to fire >fighting. >> A burning automobile is a danger to those who are fighting the fire >and >>there is risk of injury. Those "hose nuts" have a responsibility to >protect >>the public interest while at the same time protecting their personal >safety. >>They have a responsibility to attack the fire in a manner that is >aggressive >>enough to ensure their personal safety. Unfortunately, that may mean >the >>application of more water than may seem appropriate to the average >observer. >>There is often more damage from water than from fire. That is the >current >>state of the technology. If you don't want water damage, don't call >the fire >>department. But, there will be little left to salvage if you don't. >> >>Rico Dagastino >>Munford, TN. >

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