Morning....
Ok, so last night while at a meeting for a Search and Rescue team, I get the call from my wife (due inside 4 weeks for C-Section delivery of child #3) that Maggie (child #1) has rolled outta bed, struck her head and is bleeding profusely.
EMT-guy kicks in..."ok honey, what did she strike, amount/rate of bleeding, her level of consciousness?" questioning begins. I get a "there's lots of blood, ..oh and now she's peeing all over the floor.... I NEED you NOW". "All ready gone, babe....I'll call while enroute, get sterile gauze and boo-boo bear ice pack and keep pressure against the laceration, I'll see you in 15 min." - Click.
Mind you, I'm 30min out in normal drive time. I briefed the SAR chief and out the door I went. While EVOC II qual'd to respond Priority 1, I'm in my POV 80 and not about to throw lights. Also weighing heavily if I should call the guys at my stationhouse near my home. So.... I make it home in 12 min, safely.
Alot of engine revving, and alot of braking involved. All guages were registering good all over. Pulled into the driveway, wife is at front door to greet me and the look on her face really makes me pause! I threw my door open, am sliding out (OME lift + 285's) and I see her point at me and say, "the truck's on fire?". WTF??? Focus... triage priority....
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I look down and there's WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING (honest description, remember... I'm a firefighter).
Checked with Sue first on Maggie...reports she's good, bleeding has stopped, hematoma developing, LOC is good, etc. So I turn back to wheel and inspect.... no flame, nothing from engine bay itself, source of smoke is contained to DS wheel. Specifically I can see inside OEM wheels to the rotor and it looks like the upper half of the rotor on both sides ( in and out) are where the "seat of the fire" is.
I grabbed my BLS-Aide bag and placed a fire extinguisher down on the driveway near the wheel just in case. After treating Maggie (she's doing well), I inspected the wheel about an hour later. No signs of damage, but no opportunity to pull the wheel for deeper inspection.
Any experience with this level of smoke coming from DS? I'd smelled something in that vicinity before, but thought it was a belt or so. Still 4 months into owning this '97, ...obviously still in discovery phase. BTW, AC blows, but no cold. Dealer (used) said it wouldn't hold a charge. Haven't investigated that further yet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Going to call shop foreman at local Toyota dealership now. Great guy, helps FF's.
Thanks, Folks.
Ok, so last night while at a meeting for a Search and Rescue team, I get the call from my wife (due inside 4 weeks for C-Section delivery of child #3) that Maggie (child #1) has rolled outta bed, struck her head and is bleeding profusely.
EMT-guy kicks in..."ok honey, what did she strike, amount/rate of bleeding, her level of consciousness?" questioning begins. I get a "there's lots of blood, ..oh and now she's peeing all over the floor.... I NEED you NOW". "All ready gone, babe....I'll call while enroute, get sterile gauze and boo-boo bear ice pack and keep pressure against the laceration, I'll see you in 15 min." - Click.
Mind you, I'm 30min out in normal drive time. I briefed the SAR chief and out the door I went. While EVOC II qual'd to respond Priority 1, I'm in my POV 80 and not about to throw lights. Also weighing heavily if I should call the guys at my stationhouse near my home. So.... I make it home in 12 min, safely.
Alot of engine revving, and alot of braking involved. All guages were registering good all over. Pulled into the driveway, wife is at front door to greet me and the look on her face really makes me pause! I threw my door open, am sliding out (OME lift + 285's) and I see her point at me and say, "the truck's on fire?". WTF??? Focus... triage priority....
****key point of posting - begin here ****
I look down and there's WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING (honest description, remember... I'm a firefighter).
Checked with Sue first on Maggie...reports she's good, bleeding has stopped, hematoma developing, LOC is good, etc. So I turn back to wheel and inspect.... no flame, nothing from engine bay itself, source of smoke is contained to DS wheel. Specifically I can see inside OEM wheels to the rotor and it looks like the upper half of the rotor on both sides ( in and out) are where the "seat of the fire" is.
I grabbed my BLS-Aide bag and placed a fire extinguisher down on the driveway near the wheel just in case. After treating Maggie (she's doing well), I inspected the wheel about an hour later. No signs of damage, but no opportunity to pull the wheel for deeper inspection.
Any experience with this level of smoke coming from DS? I'd smelled something in that vicinity before, but thought it was a belt or so. Still 4 months into owning this '97, ...obviously still in discovery phase. BTW, AC blows, but no cold. Dealer (used) said it wouldn't hold a charge. Haven't investigated that further yet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Going to call shop foreman at local Toyota dealership now. Great guy, helps FF's.
Thanks, Folks.