Detroit fire commissioner unhappy with firefighters posing in front of burning vacant home
Group picture was meant to celebrate a retirement from Detroit Fire Department
.@DetroitFire is investigating after this photo was posted NYE on Facebook.
“There are a lot of ways to celebrate a retirement. Taking a photo in front of a building on fire is not one of them” – Fire Commissioner Eric Jones pic.twitter.com/lzTwUUXWSs— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) January 1, 2020
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A group SMACSS (Social Media Assisted Career Suicide Syndrome) is under investigation in Detroit as the new year begins. It surrounds a picture posted New Year’s Eve (and now removed) showing Detroit firefighters posing in front of a burning vacant home as a way to commemorate a colleague’s retirement.
Detroit Fire Incidents posted and later removed the image:
“There are a lot of ways to celebrate a retirement. Taking a photo in front of a building fire is not one of them,” said Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones.
This was his response to the social media post showing Detroit firefighters posing in front of a burning house. The photo was posted on New Year’s Eve.
JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press:
The photo generated more than 300 reactions and 50 comments on Facebook. Many comments wished the firefighters a Happy New Year, although some said the photo left a bad impression.
One firefighter asked the Facebook page’s operator to take down the photo and said “the dept is threatening to fire me.”
Here’s the house today in SW Detroit.@detroitfire says the home was vacant. The one next to it is as well.
Dep. Commissioner Dave Fornell tells me fire crews could not go inside last night and could only defensively attack the fire. pic.twitter.com/BiG7stPPfR— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) January 1, 2020
.@DetroitFire is back at the house again after some smoke was coming up from the rubble.
Early in the day, a DFD spokesperson told me they’d returned here about 4 times. pic.twitter.com/UawIQXuTDB— Brian Abel (@BrianAbelTV) January 1, 2020
