Fallout from the Routley Report Announcement
Head over to Firefighter Hourly where Jay Lowry is covering events as they unfold.
Excerpts from the weekend:
Another issue is the status of the chief. Will he excercise operational authority or will he largely serve as background noise, allowed to stay on the payroll until his retirement? Can the city take the chance the chief might assume command at another fire?
Rather, it serves to focus on the lack of training, command structure and a complete lack of command training. The size of the fire didn’t overwhelm the commanders. Instead, because there was no system in place to organize firefighters, it became freelance, run in the building, attack the fire mode. No risk analysis could be performed because no one had training in it.
. . . firefighters are starting to look past union-non union and discuss the need for wholesale change at the top of the Charleston Fire Department. Some are saying Spoleto is the perfect opportunity to mingle with tourists and let t-shirts do the talking.
Heather @ May 12, 2008