Video: 70 y.o. Man Struck and Flipped by Loose Fire Hose In Revere, Mass.

Wait until the 00:42 mark in the video to see a 70 year old man get completely flipped by a loose hose being dragged behind an engine. The accident happened in Revere, Massachusetts. It appears to be a preconnected crosslay that came loose and came completely out of the hosebed. For those not in the fire service, these crosslays are typically 200′ long and are connected to piping on the truck. That is why the hose remained connected to the apparatus.

There would not be any warning system to warn the firefighters that the hose was not secured in the bed. Although newer apparatus have been designed with webbing covering the hose on fire engines after a child was killed in a similar accident several years ago in Pennsylvania.

Kurt Varone has more on the need for hose restraints and prior accidents with loose hose striking people here

WHDH.com:

“The engine was to the right, he was on the ground. And there was a hose,” said Pantano.

Fire Chief Gene Doherty said when he heard the incident on the radio, he went to the scene.

“It wasn’t transmitted what had occurred, I just knew the inflection of the voices of the officers calling for additional help that something was drastically wrong,” Chief Doherty said.

Chief Doherty said someone had flagged Engine Four down, and when the crew got out they were stunned to see what had happened.

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