r/Firefighting • u/MarcuzFireREDDIT • Jun 02 '25

Videos What happens in a situation like this?

Entitled prick blocks a bus because she supposedly wasn't let on. A fire truck is behind - full lights blaring but refuses to move. No space for the truck to pass due to the congestion.

Would anything at all be able to be done? It's times like this that really piss and stress out firefighters, and I'm sorry people like this exist. Hopefully a big charge came her way, but nothing new as of yet as this happened yesterday I believe.

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u/davidj911 Chaffeur/EMT Jun 02 '25

In a city? Just radio dispatch and tell them to let another company handle the call from the other direction. This is an LE matter, not a whole lot we can do.

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u/chindo Jun 02 '25

Only thing I could think of is have one of your guys get out and block oncoming traffic long enough to get around but I doubt the firefighters have any idea what's going on in front of that bus

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u/JTP1228 Jun 03 '25

If they did, FDNY have peace officer status, so they can detain her.

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u/chindo Jun 03 '25

Weird. Sounds like a PITA

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u/JTP1228 Jun 03 '25

Its definitely not a requirement or anything, but it can be done

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u/divisionchief Edit to create your own flair Jun 02 '25

Yup! Not worth my job being loss because she is having a bad day.