We wanted to leave you with something topical for the July 4th holiday, and stumbled across this video ride-along of the Ladder 10 firetruck responding to a call. Perfect! Someone’s bound to set something on fire for the Fourth. There are tons of public firework displays, but more than a few people like their gunpowder to singe a little, despite the fact that they’re illegal in Seattle.
“[I]f you’re caught with fireworks you could spend up to 1 year in jail, or have to pay up to a $5,000 fine,” reports KIRO 7, adding that police strongly advise you not to call 911 when the inevitable M80 goes off. Call (206) 625-5011 instead, they request.
Ladder 10, so you know, is part of the Seattle Fire Department’s Battalion 2, and lives at 1300 East Pine Street, on Capitol Hill. It gets called off before it reaches the scene, so it’s a bit anticlimactic.
We don’t know what this videographer’s precise reason was for the trip–other than the obvious “that’s just what we do“–but we do know you have to be a) at least 18 years old, and b) have a “business reason” to go on a ride-along. A 20-minute fire house tour, on the other hand, sounds a lot easier to set up. One major caveat is that the fire department personnel may run away from you if they get called to a fire, and you may feel foolish for a moment, just standing there.
Also: “Birthday party groups meeting the age requirement are welcome to tour a fire station but may not hold party festivities at the station. No cake and ice cream, please.”
