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Hey Ernie, Don’t know if you’ve seen this, I’m involved in Fire Rescue here in Canada and was sent these photos this morning from a colleague, looks like the FD is from Cincinnati. Keep up the good work! Your Newfie connection, Jake

"This takes some time to study, to realize what it is you are actually looking at. The telephone pole helps as a reference point... Sometimes what you see as you first arrive on the scene may not be exactly what you have after further investigation. Although these pictures are of a vehicle accident they exemplify how things in other situations can be deceiving. If you approached this scene from the driver's side, the damage doesn't looks so devastating.. However, if you approached from the front or the passenger side your would have a totally different impression of the scene. Fortunately there was no passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident. This same scenario can and does exist when approaching any emergency scene or fireground. Do not necessarily take the word of others or even necessarily rely on your first Impressions. Sometimes additional investigation can lead to an entirely different conclusion While covering for a few hours on E24, we responded on this wreck.. The driver swerved to avoid a car turning left and spun out on an icy intersection. I ordered the crew to stretch a line and was literally transmitting a request for the Entrapment Compliment when the police Sergeant on the scene pointed at a guy standing on the sidewalk saying, "Here's the driver!" Except for a scratch on his hand he was totally unharmed."

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