Tight squeeze leads to warning from Southsea firefighter about how people park their vehicles
AFTER difficulties attending an emergency incident the watch manager at Southsea Fire Station has again warned drivers to think about how they park their vehicles.
While today’s incident turned out to be a false alarm, firefighters had ‘great difficulty’ getting their fire appliance down a narrow street.
After 25 years in the service it is a familiar situation for watch manager, Simon Lovelock.
Simon said: ‘There have been many occasions where we have been unable to get to an emergency incident because of how people have parked. When people park on the corner of roads it makes it very difficult to get fire appliances round.’
The photograph of the incident, which was posted on Twitter, was part of a concerted campaign to improve public awareness about how people park and the impact it can have on access for emergency services.
Simon added: ‘People need to think about how they park. It is important to ensure wheels are straight and wing mirrors are pushed in. We often have a problem when two vans are parked directly opposite each other.’