FDNY Fire Hydrant Justice Served

Fire hydrant justice isn’t just for the movie Backdraft. A video is circulating of FDNY firefighters breaking the windows on a BMW to reach a hydrant during a building fire last week.

Crews responded to a three-story building fire in the Bronx at about 3:30 a.m. Friday, the New York Post reports. Once at the scene, they tried to run a hose but found a 2005 5-Series BMW blocking a nearby hydrant.

Firefighters needed to break the front side-door windows and pull the hose through to get to the hydrant. The move upset the car’s owner, though.

“They didn’t have to do that!” the car’s owner told the Post.

“They (expletive) up my car, and it is going to cost me a bag of money,” he added.

To add insult to injury the owner was also given a $180 ticket for parking in front of the hydrant. He had been parked there for four days after the battery in the car’s key fob had died, according to local accounts.

Crews worked for nearly two hours of get the building fire under control. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries.

Fire Hydrant Code – New York

Readers should keep in mind this is not every day, but there are circumstances where firefighters need these hydrants for water supply. IT is not only illegal, but dangerous for firefighters too when water supply comes into question. Never forget firefighters need these hydrants to keep you and others safe.