Fire-ology & labor firegeezer on 27 Jun 2007 02:54 pm
Baltimore FD Castigated Over Recruit Training Death
A STATE AGENCY CHARGED the Baltimore City Fire Department yesterday with “intentionally” and “knowingly” violating safety rules resulting in “a substantial probability [of] death or serious physical harm” during a Feb. 9 training exercise that killed a fire cadet.
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, after a five-month investigation, cited the department for 33 safety violations and singled out two fire commanders for the haphazard planning and execution of the live burn that claimed the life of Racheal M. Wilson, 29, and injured two others in a vacant rowhouse on South Calverton Road in Southwest Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun has obtained the complete report and summarizes it HERE. The violations cited are quite egregious and justify the personnel actions taken so far…..one officer fired and two others on suspension pending termination.
