"There have also been pockets of fire on the embankment associated with the
overhead fire."
He stacked a blanket, his pants and shoes on a bench and tried to reach an
overhead fire sprinkler, trying with his cuffed hands to set it off.
Entering what he called "survival mode," and already drinking his own urine, he tried to trigger an
overhead fire sprinkler for some water, stacking clothes and a blanket and swinging his cuffed arms in an attempt to set it off.
Although the Livermore gun trucks received glowing reviews by some units in Iraq, they are considered a less-than-ideal solution because they expose troops to
overhead fire and put passengers at risk in rollover accidents.
* Avoid
overhead fire of friendly Soldiers when possible.
Every NAR, ammunition information notice, and
overhead fire clearance or restriction is listed in NavSup P-801/TW024-AA-ORD-010, Ammunition Unserviceable, Suspended and Limited Use, which is published semi-annually.
He had apparently fallen from an
overhead fire escape - although nobody knows what he was doing on it.