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Boeing 757 captain reported an urgent stop for an emergency vehicle that had been advised by ATC to hold for the aircraft to move.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1582739 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 1112 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
We landed 22L and exited on taxiway november. There was a long 'train' of emergency vehicles driving south on taxi P as an emergency aircraft was landing behind us. Tower told us to taxi north hold short 22R emergency vehicles holding for you. They all appeared to be stopped. This exit is a 135 degree angle and from my seat I quickly lost sight of them; but as I saw them last; they all were stopped. Very shortly thereafter my first officer told me to stop. I did without question and a large fire truck went racing past us at intersection of north and P. I never saw fire truck until he was passing in front. I have no doubt had my first officer not been continuously looking out to the right watching the emergency vehicles a collision would have occurred. I voiced my displeasure on tower frequency that we nearly collided. Tower gave us a number to call. After parked and checklist complete I called tower and I explained I was not upset with them at all; but that the fire truck ignored instructions and raced past us. He said the port authority monitors frequencies and called due to my comments and asked if a collision would have happened if we did not stop. I replied most likely. He said they would be filing paperwork and I advised I would be filing [a safety report]. I thanked him for the great work they do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Boeing 757 Captain reported an urgent stop for an emergency vehicle that had been advised by ATC to hold for the aircraft to move.
Narrative: We landed 22L and exited on taxiway November. There was a long 'train' of emergency vehicles driving south on taxi P as an emergency aircraft was landing behind us. Tower told us to taxi N hold short 22R emergency vehicles holding for you. They all appeared to be stopped. This exit is a 135 degree angle and from my seat I quickly lost sight of them; but as I saw them last; they all were stopped. Very shortly thereafter my First Officer told me to stop. I did without question and a large fire truck went racing past us at intersection of N and P. I never saw fire truck until he was passing in front. I have no doubt had my First Officer not been continuously looking out to the right watching the emergency vehicles a collision would have occurred. I voiced my displeasure on Tower frequency that we nearly collided. Tower gave us a number to call. After parked and checklist complete I called Tower and I explained I was not upset with them at all; but that the fire truck ignored instructions and raced past us. He said the Port Authority monitors frequencies and called due to my comments and asked if a collision would have happened if we did not stop. I replied most likely. He said they would be filing paperwork and I advised I would be filing [a safety report]. I thanked him for the great work they do.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.