Fire SUV spends part of Thanksgiving blocking hydrant at the Squeeze Lounge. NJ's North Hudson Regional F & R investigating citizen complaint.

The Squeeze Lounge with the fire hydrant out front from Google Maps.

A man walking a dog called police after noticing a North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue SUV parked in a no parking zone, blocking a hydrant, on Willow Avenue in Weehawken, New Jersey at 2:00 on Thanksgiving morning. NHRF&R Co-Director Jeff Welz told Michaelangelo Conte of The Jersey Journal that there could be severe discipline after an investigation is completed.

Apparently the discipline would not be just due to the arrogance of parking a fire vehicle in front of a plug, but because of the possibility an off duty firefighter drove that vehicle to the Squeeze Lounge, a go-go bar nearby.

Here's more from Conte's article:

Responding officers called NHRF&R and were told no one had been authorized to use the truck, which is housed at the fire department headquarters in West New York, Welz said, adding that the SUV was towed back to headquarters.

“We have a potential individual we are looking at, and if it was the individual, he was not on duty,” said Welz, who would not release the name of the firefighter being investigated administratively.

“We are looking into whether the firefighter was in Squeeze? Was he in uniform? Did he have the vehicle? That’s all part of the investigation,” he said, adding that no action has been taken against any firefighters pending the investigation’s outcome.