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Cool car crash on main street today!

By Andrew Pollack on 09/03/2003 at 10:03 PM EDT

I know, I know. Not all of you think car crashes are cool, but this one was pretty cool. Best of all, nobody was hurt. Some of you who know me only in my "mild mannered consultant by day" persona have asked for pictures of me in my gear. There's a few here in these scene shots. I'm not in all my gear of course. If something was on fire, or if I had gone with an Engine Company instead of the Heavy Rescue (which I'm getting certified to drive tomorrow night after being stuck with sharp objects -- more on that later). At an extrication scene, the engine company wears their Scott Packs and stands by with a hose line, but the extrication team does not need to wear that gear provided there is no fire.


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re: Cool car crash on main street today!By Anonymous on 06/23/2004 at 11:21 AM EDT
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Cool I have selected one of these as my screensaver now!
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I know, I know. Not all of you think car crashes are cool, but this
one was pretty cool. Best of all, nobody was hurt. Some of you who know me only
in my "mild mannered consultant by day" persona have asked for pictures of me
in my gear. There's a few here in these scene shots. I'm not in all my gear of
course. If something was on fire, or if I had gone with an Engine Company
instead of the Heavy Rescue (which I'm getting certified to drive tomorrow
night after being stuck with sharp objects -- more on that later). At an
extrication scene, the engine company wears their Scott Packs and stands by
with a hose line, but the extrication team does not need to wear that gear
provided there is no fire.


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