The Day We All Dread

[thirsty]

Wow That is terrible!
I always have that in the back of my mind. I've made countless trips to the garage to make sure the compressor was off or whatever. I feel for you. Good news is your still here on this board! I hope everything works out and you guys can get rebuilt.

This reminds me to update the inventory for insurances purposes.

[Irish_Alley]

That does blow sorry to hear about it. Someone last year I think on here had a garage fire also. But about sprinklers you would have to keep them from freezing that's the only thing

[VileZambonie]

That sucks big time. Sorry for your loss, hopefully you have good insurance coverage. The insurance company will most likely send out an investigator.

[bobcooter]

Sorry to hear that. It's a shame things like this happen.

[howlinwolf]

my father in law would love if his 8 year old house burnt down, more insurance than its worth or whats even in it.

sorry to hear about that man, at least you guys are safe.

[txchainsawgogi]

things like this make me sick to my stomach.

[frogman68]

Wow I am sorry I am going to say it again be thankful no one got hurt . Memories can start anew

WOW!  That's a shame!  Sorry to hear that but at least it wasnt the house and you guys were not hurt physically.

That poses a question. Is there a reasonable way to put a sprinkler system in our garages/ barns? Any plumbers or sprinkler system intallers out there? If a guy had a system that at least bought some time till the fire dept. got there?

Depends (Btw I am no expert) if you are on City water cost shouldnt be too bad if you are on a well it will get expensive , Tank to hold 300 gallons of water possibly a generator and a well pump with a very high gpm

[cvbear]

Wow, I am so sorry.  After all the hours and $ I have put into our truck I can't think of losing it.  Insurance would never pay even a fraction of what it is worth to me.  Glad everyone is ok, stuff can be replaced (though it hurts).  Good luck getting it back together.

[KY..Rob]

I'm very sorry for your loss, And glad everyone was unharmed. Those fears are in the back of all our minds. This might be a good time to petition the county to reopen that Fire department, maybe even take some donations to pay the Heat bills for them, Try and get the community to rally together.

[Da67goatman]

I was thinking more along the lines of a lawsuit to make the trustees pay for the heat, out of pocket.

[Irish_Alley]

im confused. a trustee???

[Da67goatman]

I live outside the city in Bazetta township.  The trustees run the show passing bills, budgets, etc.  they shut it down cause it is more cost effective to use the free heat at the other station, only its 10-15 min from most of the township.  And the city firestation is 2 min from that station, so anyone not rich and living in the city has like a 12 min wait for the firestation.  Just found out another place about a 1/4 mile from my house is on fire right now.  I'm fairly certain we are going to rally as a community and do whatever is necessary to get that station back open and make sure it stays that way.  Its too late for us, but we can save still some of our neighbors.

[DnStClr]

Two fires within 1/4 mile of each other?! Something isn't right Goatman. I hope there's a good investigator around there. Hang in there.

[jaredts]

The savings of shutting that down are probably considerable or they wouldn't have done it.  You're going to need some leverage like a petition to get their attention.  Even then they have to find a way to pay for it.  Sounds like a good cause worth fighting for, though.  Best wishes--hopefully your insurance co. doesn't run you through the ringer.

[Lt.Del]

im confused. a trustee???

Yeah, like the name implies, the people who can be trusted to make the right decisions.