r/Firefighting • u/The_Road_is_Calling NH FF • Nov 25 '24

News Ohio fire department confronted about response to double fatal fire

https://chroniclet.com/news/411559/wakeman-fire-board-meeting-ends-in-shouting-match-over-fatal-fire/
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u/dwil22 Nov 25 '24

What am I missing. A volunteer department got there in 3 minutes and 30 seconds? That seems like a very appropriately timed response.

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u/athomeamongstrangers scab Nov 25 '24

The family says one of the victims was still alive (and screaming for help) at the moment FD arrived. FD says the building was fully involved upon arrival so they were unable to make entry. It could be another Loretta Pickard case, or it could be not. Without an investigation by a third party it’s impossible to tell.