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My thoughts and prayers are with the family of a fallen brother. You never know what you are going to have when you respond to a dumpster fire!! RIP

ya i agree u really do not knoe what is gonna happen when u respond to stuff like that

Great pic. I've heard of firedogs, but this one is ridiculous.

Brother's at work. Makes you wonder if, there were Smoke Detector's working? That time of year. Replace your Batteries in your Smoke Detector's. So simple and easy to do.

But Randy, who has that kind of time??

When is this PC bullshit going to STOP? Finally a Mayor with some balls......attaboy.

Never unfortunately! It's ridiculous! Thank GOD the COMMUNITY stood up for what they wanted and believe!! That's what WE ALL need to do! We are the majority and it's about time we stand up for what we believe and want! Way to go Charleston's station 12 Firefighters!!

thats bull shit

Satellite units were called out as well as both foam units and the purple k unit. Da Bronx had 2 a/h fires within an hour apart......da Bronx was burnin' early this mornin'.

Here is what I find amazing. For a small or large department that averages around 2 to 6 thousand calls a year, the risks that we endure are always there as compared to departments that run 10,000 calls a year. How much risk do we take and just look away saying that we do it this way all the time? The REAL question is, how can we live and advicate our jobs when we run the risk and loose a citizen or one of our own.

Kenneth... I think the majority of the department would have no problem taking some of "the hits" if the financial situation truly warranted it. It's hard to imagine how the "hits" are necessary though when the city spends millions a year paying farm owners not to develop lands when zoning can do the same for free, they issue 68 million for ... See Moredowntown trees and recycle bins, millions "restoring" a theater that was knocked to the ground except for some metal beam and rebuilt (knocking down the entire structure and building a replica would have been millions cheaper) and other projects. All of these projects are nice when times are good, but shouldn't this kind of money use be cut before basic and emergency services???

As a note the city council from what I have seen so far has been basically disgusted with Mayor Newberry's "brownout" plan and have now called an emergency meeting to deal with the issue. Hopefully a better fix can be found quickly.
To be continued...