Fire Engine drove through my garden

Norant

I guess that on there way to the possible emergency that the damage was done and they did not have the time to inform the householder that they had caused the damage to the lawn.

None of us know what type of incident that they were responding to,it may have been a life threatening situation so therefore they would not have stopped to drop a note through the door.

Im sure OP that the fire service would not intentionally damage your property,they must have had good cause to do what they did.

Look at it in a possitive attitude,you can and probably should talk to them,they will im sure apologise unreservedly,and you never know they may even send out a small army of hunky firefighters to repair the damage.

Good luck to you.

fred7777

If the Fire Engine drove over your lawn to tackle a house or car fire and that house or car had insurance then the damage to your lawn may well be covered under the Public Liability Insurance part of that insurance.

jackieb

I understand the fire services need to get to an incident as quickly as possible. That's understandable. I don't see why the OP should be out of pocket for it though. She's going to be inconvenienced as it is - without having to fork out for it as well.

peachyprice

Clare-bear wrote: »

I think its very rude of some other posters trying to make you out to be angry than what you are.

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

I but appart from the money I have the hassle of sorting it out and there's nothing I can do about the huge indentation in my lawn:mad:.

Erm, the 'angry' smiley in the OP is a bit of a give away that she is indeed angry and having her lawn spoilt.

jackieb

peachyprice wrote: »

Erm, the 'angry' smiley in the OP is a bit of a give away that she is indeed angry and having her lawn spoilt.

Who's going to be happy that their lawn and plants were ruined? Who's not going to have a bit of a moan about it? Yes, the fire brigade has a job to do - a very important one at that. Doesn't mean to say that you just shrug your shoulders and say, 'oh well'. I don't like the compensation culture but sometimes it's quite rightly justified. Reasonable out of pocket expenses should be paid.

pulliptears

jackieb wrote: »

Who's going to be happy that their lawn and plants were ruined? Who's not going to have a bit of a moan about it? Yes, the fire brigade has a job to do - a very important one at that. Doesn't mean to say that you just shrug your shoulders and say, 'oh well'. I don't like the compensation culture but sometimes it's quite rightly justified. Reasonable out of pocket expenses should be paid.

Exactly, seems some posters just want to turn things into a slanging match against OP.

I think what would have annoyed me more is the fact that it was left to the neighbours to explain what happened. What if nobody had seen it done? Would the Fire Brigade have come back and owned up I wonder?

Equaliser123

mikey72 wrote: »

Well, if your house is on fire and you're out, they'll break down your doors and fill it full of water.
Maybe the road was blocked when you were out, so they squeezed through over your lawn.

OP's house clearly wasn't on fire.

Maybe you are speculating.

jackieb

pulliptears wrote: »

I think what would have annoyed me more is the fact that it was left to the neighbours to explain what happened. What if nobody had seen it done? Would the Fire Brigade have come back and owned up I wonder?

I can see that they might not remember where the gardens were exactly that they'd had to drive over, or what car wing mirrors they've knocked off - they'd be in a bit of a rush and probably it's not uppermost in their minds at the time.


As vikingaero has said, maybe they just assume that people will realise what's happened and contact the fire brigade themselves.

Princess_Coupon

peachyprice wrote: »

Erm, the 'angry' smiley in the OP is a bit of a give away that she is indeed angry and having her lawn spoilt.

As I stated before what bugged me is the fact they left no note and I had to knock on several doors to find out, and what I wanted to know was, do they have the right to do what they want and it's hard luck, or should they have left a note advising me to call the fire station for an explanation ie taken responsibility.
I've found that out now and I shall call the station, thanks to those who have given me constructive advise and information.
And to those who seized an opportunity to slag someone off, I'm glad I was able to help you feel good about yourselves, I guess you must need all the help you can get.

frannyann

My mum came home late one night after an evening out to discover her front door smashed in and a note on the front saying the police had made it secure! The bloke downstairs had burnt something in his kitchen, causing the smoke to rise up her stairs setting her fire alarm off, so another neighbour called the 999!! As the bloke who orginally caused the smoke had now passed out and did not hear the multiple sirens arriving, they had no choice but to break in! My mum was livid and made the bloke downstairs pay for a new door!