Submitted by RKM (not verified) on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 6:06am.
The only people who really know what happened are the three guys on the truck that day. They know the true story, not all of you people who think you know what you're talking about but are really just making fools of yourselves. Not one single person is at fault for this, it was an equipment failure. Things break, especally on a fire truck, it's just a fact of life. To all those who think we should fight fire from the road, that's fine and well until there is no road. Fire never burns where it's convienent to get to, that's why QRVs are necessary. I'd be willing to put money on the fact that you also think crimes are solved just like they do in CSI. To all you people complaining about "being to close", if that was your house being threatned, don't you think you would want the fire put out? Sure, we could wait around for it to come to us, but that's not our job. Our job is to save lives and property. Sure, a truck was lost but trucks are easily replaced, human lives are not. Bottom line is no one is to blame, at all. Three men went home that night, and three families don't have to bury their loved ones.
The only people who really