CFD remembers, honors firefighter after fatal apartment blaze
Fire chief Richard Braun: Danger is something we know is always there
Cincinnati officials are promising a thorough investigation into Thursday's deadly fire.
Flags around the city are flying at half-staff in honor of firefighter Daryl Gordon. Thursday's gut-wrenching reality also forces Cincinnati firefighters to reflect on another dark day.
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바카라 게임 웹사이트It's been since 2003 on March 21st, just several days ago that we lost Oscar Armstrong, and we are still healing from that. It is something that we as firefighters carry with us our entire career,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Fire Chief Richard Braun said.
Armstrong, 25, like Daryl Gordon, 54, worked in the department's heavy rescue. Armstrong's death in 2003 was the first of a firefighter in the line of duty in the city in more than 20 years. Now, 12 years later the department deals with loss again.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It's something we know is always there. It's always looking over our shoulders, but we continue to do our jobs. It's not really a job for us. It's a vocation. We choose this vocation to keep the citizens safe,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Braun said.
As in the past, out of this tragic moment, the fire department will focus on becoming stronger and better.
Officials said after the death of Armstrong the fire department made changes.
Rapid assistance teams are now sent on every run to help trapped firefighters. Hose line lengths are now all standardized, and flashover simulators were bought to be used for training.
The department promised the death of Gordon will not be in vain.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Many times, people say what's next, and what I will say is this. We continue to do our job. You have 200 firefighters out there right now still protecting you. Daryl died doing his job and that's what Cincinnati fighters are going to continue to do is to do their job. We will grieve, we will learn, we바카라 게임 웹사이트ll never forget,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Cincinnati firefighter Union President Matt Alter said.