Response from Stevens Co. Fire Department affected by stolen and damaged firetrucks

[@Robertrls01]

maybe they should look into the reason why the district attorney's keep letting these criminals go. It's making life hell for everybody working hard and paying their taxes.

[@secretTarg]

So much crime, it's depressing.

[@joesavary6081]

These kind of crimes need to be rated as terrorist action, and handled the appropriate lengthy sentences to deter such lowlife criminality

[@kishascape]

No. No more neocon BS.

[@DTMAce]

How much of a low life do you need to be to be going around stealing fire trucks??? I mean damn! I'm a volunteer fire fighter and ambulance person, I just don't get it. Even people I wouldn't trust alone on my property know better than to mess with emergency trucks and buildings. Its just something you don't do. Who knows the next person that needs their help might be you, the person that stole the truck!

[@joeduffied7627]

This should be made a federal crime

[@American-pl8fo]

@@joeduffied7627 it is a federal crime?

[@cuppa_coffee_nyc]

VFD as well. Horrible. Absolute scumbags.

[@ChrisandEileen]

I cant even imagie this. As someone who was a vollie back in the 90s.. Our small village had some nice equipment but would have been so noticeable if someone was rolling around in a PIerce or a Seagrave Firetruck.. How does the public not even notice?

[@leroyjones6958]

Yet another sign our country is history. American dream is officially dead. R.I.P. It was nice while it lasted.

[@stevejamison2178]

did they get the unit back

[@anthonyholmes195]

That is so stupid to mess with the trucks

[@hondadream1728]

Cameras at station always a plus

[@lawrencemazel9182]

So sorry to hear you're about your Riggs be safe 🚒 🇺🇸.......

[@ManchesterCountyFireDepartment]

who would be that stupid to steal a fire truck 😐

[@Connor78255]

Yea, this was an inside job for sure.

[@dodgeram1500tn]

Somebody cutter a hole in the back wall and stoled battery’s of my county fire truck a year ago and they didn’t notice until they had a call and the house burned down because of low life people

[@kishascape]

Lies. Everything is checked by each crew at the start of their shift.

[@FireRescue80]

Some departments don't do daily checks buddy.

[@DieselElevators]

@@kishascape Volunteer departments don't have normal shifts and can't check trucks every day. If this happens, and then 2-3 days later there's a fire, that's how they will find out.

[@rick-dy7mt]

A firedepartment near us had all its equipment stripped

[@goldenguy6393]

😂imagine stealing a firetruck💀

[@monsterford8009]

Former member did it

[@kevinfreeman3098]

Always keep someone in the house...

[@cheems5643]

I thought that was common practice 😂

[@kevinfreeman3098]

@@cheems5643 right, it's all vol. guess they don't have anyone full time. Where I'm from we rely upon almost extensively vol, however we still have full time EMS/Para and FFII on the clock around the clock, total of three in the house at all times, exception being a call then it drops to one, just to man the house, hell I even visited my brother's house up in the City standing around call came in had me tone it out and man the house til the rest made it in, brother left on the wagon, Chief on the truck and they had me roll on the squad(farm boy with entrapment in ag situations) ladder was called when Chief got there and found out it wasn't just a container but rather an overhead bin partially collapsed with missing workers suspected grain entrapment. IDK, it didn't matter, there was always someone in the House, ALWAYS. Just like manning the desk at the PD, always someone there.

[@davey3884]

Apparently you don't know how tiny volunteer stations work. Lmao

[@Tinyshooterbill]

That's fine in the communities that can support that but the small departments simply can't operate that way

[@adamhenderly1602]

Volunteer departments are not manned most of the time.

[@stevejamison2178]

Did they get it back

[@cheems5643]

Someone getting fired

[@ericsutliff9507]

Why would somebody steal from and damage equipment belonging to an agency whose sole purpose is to protect the community??? And if they live in the same community, don’t they realize they’re technically stealing from themselves? Their tax dollars paid for it.

[@postalfnj]

no camera?

[@disneyfan9099]

It’s sad and true but that’s why I don’t live in a small town.

[@mattteixeira2788]

They can apply funding from fema and grants get new fire trucks and equipment

[@BrentMyers-m7r]

Difference between an eng & a truck.

[@naibz7439]

We should build a zipline for them. Or maybe give the police more military weapons.. that will help them.

[@matt9c1]

Drugs are bad.

[@kevinswinyer3176]

Why would anyone want to outright steal a piece of Life and Property Saving Equipment, and steal the radios, and batteries from another one ? I can't help but wonder if this was done by a disgruntled former firefighter as an act of revenge. Most Fire Apparatus Vehicles no longer have ignition keys for that reason, but even to gain access to either Truck, it had to be someone who was either a dept member, former member that still had access to the station, or someone who knew someone who is a member. You can't just walk up, and open the bay doors, and jump in and take a truck. It had to be someone who is familiar with how the fire Service operates, and is familiar with the trucks.

[@shawnc1016]

It's a pickup. Lots of people know how to drive those. Batteries are valuable. Lots stolen from farm equipment parked near fields. The radios were easy to grab and looked valuable.

[@dv1267]

horrible reporting. was the truck that hit the ambo the stolen brush truck?? if not why even put that into this story???

[@coelzt]

lol stolen fire truck 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomv5988]

Oh well get a garden hose. LOL

[@joeduffied7627]

That's not even funny

[@kevinswinyer3176]

@tomv5988, as a Firefighter, I'll remember to bring you just a garden hose if your house ever catches on fire, and you happen to live within my district.