Video of Collapse; Number of Dead Lowered for Now; Lorton Report Finds Problems with Fatal Fire; FireGeezer has Total Recall (And is Back Up)
Firehouse.com has a slide show of pictures from Peter Matthews. Click on picture above to see it.
Here is the link to what CNN is calling exclusive video of the actual collapse of the I-35 bridge over the Mississippi River. In the video you see the center section of the bridge go straight down. There is a delay before a section close to shore then collapses. A woman on a cell phone, who one would guess is calling 911, paces back and forth in front of the camera as she apparently is describing what happens.
Lorton fire report found problems with search and coordination.
We have published the findings from the report looking at the May 23rd fire that killed Debra Chiles. We expect to hear from Fairfax County officials later today.
In Virginia they are hoping to get the right to bargain. In D.C. they aren’t bargaining.
It appears the Fenty administration isn’t quite ready to sit down with the firefighters union and the EMS union. One big issue will be disciplinary procedures. At the same time, those in public safety in Virginia could soon have the right to bargain.
Pennsylvania firefighters concerned about safety. Their own safety.
In their effort to get a new building, one volunteer company cites safety flaws with the current set-up.
NOTE: Our friend Bill Schumm’s firegeezer.com is back up. He looks at yesterday’s recall of Minneapolis firefighters following the bridge collapse.
StarTribune.com picture from Minneapolis Tribune of I-35 bridge under construction in 1967.
