[MickAv8r]

8 Alarm fire in East Boston tonight. E92 that will need some new windows courtesy of Boston Fire

[blankstar43]

i dont understand what happened

Park in front of hydrant break windows to hook it up

[MickAv8r]

[fullerra]

I initially did feel bad for the guy before I scrolled down and saw that this jerk parked in front of a hydrant. People like this give BMW owners a bad name !

[Twix]

In some cities it's not illegal to park in front of a fire hydrant. It's a "park at your own risk" deal.

[MrSleepin]

I Do What I Want!

[Chihuahua]

bern.

[Efthreeoh]

You guys do know the fire department does that shit on purpose, just to fuck with people, right?

[Billup]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

You guys do know the fire department does that shit on purpose, just to fuck with people, right?

And they should!!! I think if you are dumb enough to park in front of a fire hydrant, you deserve to have your windows broken out.

[derryck]

You would think they could just run the hose under the car...I would think that's quicker and easier than busting out the windows.

[thebishman]

Looks like the rear of the car was also dragged away from the curb to allow more room for the hose to be attached. Either that or the jerk who parked the car there can't park worth a damn either!!
Bish

[dwells]

He would have been able to park better if it weren't for the Xfinity truck in front taking the space. The lesson here is that Comcast ruins absolutely everything.

[MickAv8r]

Originally Posted by derryck

You would think they could just run the hose under the car...I would think that's quicker and easier than busting out the windows.

Snake a 4" line under a BMW? No.

[X2Board]

Hmmm.. Can't say I feel the least bit sorry for the owner.

[///Mperative]

Notice the huge dent on the driver side panel rearward of the door? That's some damage. Haha.

[SanquintinB]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

You guys do know the fire department does that shit on purpose, just to fuck with people, right?

The hose needs to be kept as straight as possible to maintain optimal water pressure. Illegal or not, park at your own risk.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by SanquintinB

The hose needs to be kept as straight as possible to maintain optimal water pressure. Illegal or not, park at your own risk.

Agreed, but that's why the hydrant has three ports. The owner disserved the damage though.

[MickAv8r]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Agreed, but that's why the hydrant has three ports. The owner disserved the damage though.

That valve is not a three port tee. Its a hydra-assist. It allows them to hook up a second pumper in a closed loop to increase the water pressure to the primary pumper. One side goes to the pumper, the other is the return feed from the pumper. The water then goes straight out to the fire/primary pumper.

[RobertRO]

I wonder how would Boston Fire deal with it, if instead of a E92 the BMW was an armored E38 750iL, with its bullet resistant windows...

[ILUSV]

Originally Posted by C.Terry

Yes, run the hose under the car should be quicker.

Exactly 👍 plus they will be able to move it around more instead of being boxed by two windows. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by MickAv8r

That valve is not a three port tee. Its a hydra-assist. It allows them to hook up a second pumper in a closed loop to increase the water pressure to the primary pumper. One side goes to the pumper, the other is the return feed from the pumper. The water then goes straight out to the fire/primary pumper.

Looks like a regular dry-barrel hydrant to me with three ports (I wasn't referring to the valve). The fire department decided to use the larger storzs quick connector on the 5" main and run the hose through the rich-boy's illegally parked BMW. Had that been the Chief's wife's car, they'd gone off the side port to the pumper.