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Buffalo Firefighters Fall Through Floor During Fire
AARON MASON
WIVB
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Three Buffalo firefighters are lucky to be alive Wednesday night.
The three firefighters were injured when they fell through the floor of a burning home on Mohican Avenue on the city's east side.
Two of the firefighters were taken to ECMC for treatment.
Officials say their injuries are not serious. The house was vacant.
Investigators are calling the fire suspicious.
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WIVB
Reprinted with Permission
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Three Buffalo firefighters are lucky to be alive Wednesday night.
The three firefighters were injured when they fell through the floor of a burning home on Mohican Avenue on the city's east side.
Two of the firefighters were taken to ECMC for treatment.
Officials say their injuries are not serious. The house was vacant.
Investigators are calling the fire suspicious.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kraft on
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We need to start taking smarter risks. If you listen to the video it states "a vacant building" and "firefighters are lucky to be alive". We will risk a lot to save a lot. We will risk little to save a little.
Please be safe so you can go home to your family and friends at the end of your shift
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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on
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Speedy recvery guys... Stay safe...
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Permalink Reply by Marvin Hawk on
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Why do we insist on going into vacant buildings? They are vacant for a reason. If it is because we are worried about some squatting vagrant, I contend there is not one Firefighters life that is equal to that of a vagrant. Protect the exposures and to hell with this apparent arson.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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Why do we insist on going into vacant buildings? They are vacant for a reason. If it is because we are worried about some squatting vagrant, I contend there is not one Firefighters life that is equal to that of a vagrant. Protect the exposures and to hell with this apparent arson.
Really?
So now you are going to be judge, jury, AND executioner when it comes to some "vagrant" in a vacant structure. Yep, that is all they must be, some vagrant, not worth the life they even have, let alone someone else's life. Yep, anyone in a vacant building must be a vagrant and they must be hopeless, a lost cause, doesn't matter why they were there in the first place, just pass judgement.
Obviously I disagree with your sentiment and the oath I took was to protect lives, no matter their plight, maybe things are so much simplier in your part of the world. I'm disgusted in even reading such nonsense.
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Permalink Reply by David Earl Gregory on
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Also could be someone that had been kidnapped or some child that was about to be victimized. Yeah, gotta be careful and not take unnecessary risks, but "who" makes that call? Very tough question and perhaps someone else has a better idea?
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This really boils down to strong incident command. If we have reports of people inside...we go in (if they are saveable). Making entry into a vacant building on a "hunch"...this is where the discussion gets more interesting. From my perspective, we don't take unneccessary risks on "hunches". Therefore, unless I had reports of people in the building, we're not going in.
That's just my two cents.
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