BeeKool
Well-Known Member
It was raining late this am.. 11 or so.
Was talking with a customer and my father and brother.
A breaker blew and the lights went dead. At first I thought we lost power but the radio was still on.
I reset the breaker and it arced and immediately tripped again.
My brother killed the light switch and I reset the breaker, it immediately tripped again. We determined that there was a dead short in the wiring between the switch and the box.
I climbed a ladder and poked my head into the loft above. No smoke. We went to dinner and agreed to make a list, gather supplies and proceed with repairs after dinner. I killed all the breakers and went home to eat.
Now this summer I installed new lights, and piped and wired everything after the switch. This summer I was going to pipe and rewired everything from the breaker box to the switch.
I get back from dinner and the shop is filled with smoke. I climb up to the loft and find it too smoky to see. I pulled all of the vehicles out while my dad called 911. (Huge mistake.) My dad told the dispatch to send AldenFD to our address. (Alden is nearest town 5 miles.)The lady said we were in Franklin County and transferred our call. Ringringringring a new dispatch answers. We give our address. The new dispatch said "well you have an Alden address and need to talk with Franklin co. and transferred us back to the first dispatch. Ringringringring. The first dispatch answers again. Telling us that we need to call the fire department. Ten ******* minutes have gone by!! Now my dad is irate. "Just send the Alden Fire Dept to XXxX address!" She got pissed and hung up!
Meanwhile my brother calls our mechanic who is a volunteer Firefighter for a different township. Fifteen minutes later the Fire Dept shows up. Our mechanic personally telephoned members of the nearer Alden FD (hes Bradford FD) and they came. By then we had extinguished the flames. While my dad and brother were trying to get help so took it upon myself to grab the water wagon and pull it next to the shop. It hold 3000 gallon and has a 200gpm pump on it.
Still they gave the all clear. So I can sleep tonight.
Damage was minimal. I will need to splice a sister board alongside the charred header, replace a piece of ceiling tin and blow a bunch of new insulation up top. And of course pipe and rewired from the switch back to the breaker box.
We were lucky. The FD did well but if this were a house fire there would be dead people. The dispatch was the most inept cunt that I've ever dealt with and does not belong as a 911 dispatch. The FD is livid at the dispatch and I think they are going to file a complaint and have her reviewed.
Hopefully she's unemployed in a week.
Was talking with a customer and my father and brother.
A breaker blew and the lights went dead. At first I thought we lost power but the radio was still on.
I reset the breaker and it arced and immediately tripped again.
My brother killed the light switch and I reset the breaker, it immediately tripped again. We determined that there was a dead short in the wiring between the switch and the box.
I climbed a ladder and poked my head into the loft above. No smoke. We went to dinner and agreed to make a list, gather supplies and proceed with repairs after dinner. I killed all the breakers and went home to eat.
Now this summer I installed new lights, and piped and wired everything after the switch. This summer I was going to pipe and rewired everything from the breaker box to the switch.
I get back from dinner and the shop is filled with smoke. I climb up to the loft and find it too smoky to see. I pulled all of the vehicles out while my dad called 911. (Huge mistake.) My dad told the dispatch to send AldenFD to our address. (Alden is nearest town 5 miles.)The lady said we were in Franklin County and transferred our call. Ringringringring a new dispatch answers. We give our address. The new dispatch said "well you have an Alden address and need to talk with Franklin co. and transferred us back to the first dispatch. Ringringringring. The first dispatch answers again. Telling us that we need to call the fire department. Ten ******* minutes have gone by!! Now my dad is irate. "Just send the Alden Fire Dept to XXxX address!" She got pissed and hung up!
Meanwhile my brother calls our mechanic who is a volunteer Firefighter for a different township. Fifteen minutes later the Fire Dept shows up. Our mechanic personally telephoned members of the nearer Alden FD (hes Bradford FD) and they came. By then we had extinguished the flames. While my dad and brother were trying to get help so took it upon myself to grab the water wagon and pull it next to the shop. It hold 3000 gallon and has a 200gpm pump on it.
Still they gave the all clear. So I can sleep tonight.
Damage was minimal. I will need to splice a sister board alongside the charred header, replace a piece of ceiling tin and blow a bunch of new insulation up top. And of course pipe and rewired from the switch back to the breaker box.
We were lucky. The FD did well but if this were a house fire there would be dead people. The dispatch was the most inept cunt that I've ever dealt with and does not belong as a 911 dispatch. The FD is livid at the dispatch and I think they are going to file a complaint and have her reviewed.
Hopefully she's unemployed in a week.
