Fire Chief Shot by Off-Duty OK Police Officer- Cop is Dead
FirefighterCloseCalls.com has the story of a shooting in Mangum (OK) on Thanksgiving afternoon which wounded the town’s Fire Chief and lead police a standoff with one of their own dead. It is unknown if the Chief was on or off-duty but it appears he was shot by the cop, who is his relative. Mangum is known for the “light bulb” in the firehouse that has been burning for over 75 years. Read the story here.
“You have to pull hoses, hop over fences and work those lines. That just takes people.”
A vacant four-story factory fire Tuesday night in Reading, PA demonstrated exactly why looming personnel cuts will force the department to drastically change the way it fights these large fires. With the already thinly-stretched full complement of 22 firefighters and 10 call-backs, fire crews attacked the building from all four sides to successfully protect the exposures. The same fire with fewer personnel will potentially cause huge problems. The full story here.
The Cost to Replace Turnout Gear is Still Less Than the Cost Not to….
Small volunteer fire departments are struggling to come up with funding to replace old turnout gear, the protective pants and coat that firefighters wear while they battle blazes. New National Fire Protection Association guidelines say that firefighters should only wear turnout gear that is less than 10 years old inside burning structures. These departments don’t have enough money to buy new gear, nor do they have enough money to settle litigation should a firefighter get injured or worse. Read more on that dilemma here.
Also on Fire Daily…
- If We Do What We’ve Always Done, We’ll Get What We’ve Always Gotten… – April 28, 2010
- If We Do What We’ve Always Done, We’ll Get What We’ve Always Gotten… – November 22, 2009
- USFA Announces Arson Awareness Week May 2-8 – May 3, 2010
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