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/6TangoMedic Canadian Firefighter Nov 25 '24

"couldn't breathe and it was too smoky"

What did they have on scene? Was there no scba?

I feel like a lot more info about this whole situation is needed

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

Major training failure. Their fire station is two minutes from the affected property. The fact that they didn't make entry is mind-boggling.

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u/6TangoMedic Canadian Firefighter Nov 25 '24

You cant equate distance to the property to whether or not making entry was a viable option.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

I'm not. I'm also using the context of the statements made by their personnel and the pictures of the room being entirely unaffected, on the corner of a one floor ranch, with large accessible windows.