(Irving, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Irving fire department has decorated one of its newly-coined “blocker trucks” with a decal, after the truck did its job by protecting first responders.
@Irving_Fire Blocker 12 received the first "Save" decal from a highway accident. While working a recent major accident Blocker 12 was struck by a chemically impaired driver. Blocker 12 did its job in protecting our first responders and frontline fire apparatus and police cars. pic.twitter.com/Vb7Z3cBveK
— Irving Fire Dept (@Irving_Fire) October 3, 2018
The department posted a tweet saying Blocker 12 was hit by an impaired driver while first responders were tending to a major highway accident.
The blocker trucks were first rolled out in June for the sole purpose of protecting first responders working on busy roads from being struck by other vehicles.
It came as a response to an 18-wheeler striking a Irving fire truck working an accident, which left that driver dead and several firefighters seriously injured.
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