![Truck 7 Crew Caption: (L-R) Captain Ryan Cox, Firefighter Jay McManigal, Firefighter Jon Alvey and myself, Fire Apparatus Operator Tom Reel](https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Truck-7-Crew-300x170.png)
This episode interviews four members of the Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Fire Department who experienced a near-miss event when the platform on Truck 7 came into contact with a 33 kV transmission line during a routine truck check at the station.
Length: 71 minutes
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Captain Ryan Cox, Fire Apparatus Operator Tom Reel, Firefighter Jay McManigal and Firefighter John Alvey share the details of a close call during a routine truck check when Ladder 7 came into contact with a 33 kV transmission line on January 2, 2016.
If circumstances were just slightly different, this incident could have resulted in multiple firefighter fatalities.
![Sioux Falls Fire Department Truck 7](https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Truck-7-Pic2-300x225.png)
![Damage to the platform of Truck 7 following contact with a 33 kV electric transmission line](https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Platform-damage-168x300.png)
![33 kV electric transmission lines on the ground on the apron of Station 7 following contact with Truck 7](https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lines-Down-300x267.png)
![Flags were placed on the electric transmission lines by Xcel Energy following the near-miss incident](https://www.samatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Flagged-lines-300x129.png)
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Midwest Fire
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Intro music
Safety Dance (1982)
Men Without Hats
GMC – Virgin Records
Guest Contact Information
Tom Reel, Fire Apparatus Operator
Sioux Falls Fire Department
treel@siouxfalls.org
Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/