[WARC] [Fwd: WI Update, FF Critical-"Spotting", Aerial Inj, 3 Euro. LODD's (The Secret List)]

[Tom Peterson]

Thought I'd share the following that was in my inbox this morning:

 
*FF CRITICAL:* Seneca (MO) Firefighter Tyler Casey, age 21, was 
critically injured last night while assigned to "storm spotter duties" 
in the Seneca area when he was caught in the path of a horrific 
killer tornado. As of early this morning FF Casey was on life support. 
Our prayers to his family and the members of his FD.
We have been advised that some FD's send their members out looking for 
signs of tornados....*WTF !?! *
Unless we are missing something, we can think of few more predictable 
ways of FF's getting in trouble. FF's or not-when it comes to tornadoes, 
it can wipe out towns (and people) in seconds....and of course, like 
you, we have seen some non-FD "storm spotting" folks in their vans with 
what appears to be the entire inventory of Radio Shack mounted on their 
roof ...so they can track storms-but using Firefighters?? Perhaps 
there should probably be a better way in 2008.

Take Care-BE CAREFUL.
BillyG
The Secret List 5-11-08 / 2307 Hours
www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com <http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/>