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/The_Road_is_Calling NH FF Nov 25 '24

Some additional information in this article

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

That’s not a home that was fully involved. In the other hand you get what you pay for, in this case a VFD

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u/Zerbo Southern California FF/PM Nov 25 '24

Right? I hate to be too hard on the volly departments, but if you don't fucking pay them to train to do the job, you're going to get firefighters with minimal training. I don't know why so many communities insist on finding that out the hard way.