Thursday, October 15, 2009

Bad News

Does this report look good for the fire service? While we seem to always see the good things that the fire service is doing once and while a bad story come along. The fire service needs to work to prevent this type of incident from taking place. Is it a mind set that we need to change? Is is a cultural change that needs to take place, regional? See this story form WPRI news and read the report released from NIOSH . While you are there check out the other firefighter reports on their site.
TIVERTON, R.I. From WPRI News  - A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says late Tiverton firefighter Gerald Leduc, who died of a heart attack during a rescue at Stafford Pond in August 2008, had a blood alcohol level of .25% at the time of his death.

See the complete report HERE

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