This 2007 HME Pumper was broadsided by a squad car and flipped through the air. Its construction, seat belt mandate and a Clean Cab's Initiative protected the crew from serious injury.
The scenario fire fighters dread more than any other is being delayed on their way to a fire or emergency – or in the worst case scenario not being able to make it there at all. The possibility of danger or an accident is potentially waiting around every turn and at every traffic light when a fire truck is speeding to a fire or rescue. Even with today’s highly advanced technologies in traffic control, accidents can still happen. That’s why HME is committed to designing and building the toughest, most dependable and safest fire apparatus available in the industry today. Because sometimes there a moments in time where accidents appear to be unavoidable.
The same Clay Fire Territory HME Pumper prior to the crash at its German Township Fire Station.
On September 15, around 6 p.m., in Clay Township, Indiana, fate and circumstances collided at the intersection of Juniper and Cleveland streets. A Clay Fire Territory HME Pumper was heading to a call in Harris Township and was traveling through the intersection at the same moment as a Roseland squad car was answering a call to a nearby automobile accident. Read More…
