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Alabama Chiefs Complain About BP Communication
FOLEY, Ala. - Fire chiefs along Alabama's coast are complaining about BP's response to the Gulf oil spill crisis.
The 36-member Baldwin County Fire Chiefs Association sent a letter Wednesday to the unified command and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley saying the company appears to be purposely keeping trained local officials away from the spill response. They also say they're getting far too little official information about what's going on.
The president of the association, Gib Hixon, says local emergency workers get far more information about the spill from news coverage than from the company or officials at the command set up to handle coastal protection systems and the cleanup.
A spokesman at the unified command in Mobile didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
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The 36-member Baldwin County Fire Chiefs Association sent a letter Wednesday to the unified command and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley saying the company appears to be purposely keeping trained local officials away from the spill response. They also say they're getting far too little official information about what's going on.
The president of the association, Gib Hixon, says local emergency workers get far more information about the spill from news coverage than from the company or officials at the command set up to handle coastal protection systems and the cleanup.
A spokesman at the unified command in Mobile didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
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The Fire PIO: A Crisis Communications Crisis
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Dennis K. Llewellyn on
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This is BS, BP isn't the one in charge. The Coast Guard has command of all operations. Maybe you need to ask the right people!!
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