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An open letter to our public guardians:
This was on Butch weedon's internet page today. (1-21-09) I want to pass this on to you, because even though I am no longer in fire service, I am still vitally interested in the safety and well being of not only our firefighters, but also the general public.
I would like to urge our County and City leaders, our Fire Chiefs, our Mayor, our County Commissioners, our City Councilmen, to band together, work together to insure that every public building have adequate fire sprinklers, and make it mandatory. All new public buildings need to have adequate sprinklers, and all existing public buildings be retro fit.
I can hear the objections now. "Oh, no, we could never do that, It would be too expensive." My answer to that is, How much does it cost to bury a child? or two? How much is the ensuing lawsuit(s) going to cost? How expensive are tears?
or do you care?
Lee Akers
Two bodies discovered in burned SeaTac building
http://seattletimes.nwsou...e21m0.html
By Sara Jean Green
Fire investigators discovered two bodies Tuesday morning while searching
for the cause of a Saturday night blaze at the Emerald Place by the Lake
apartments in SeaTac. The search for the fire's cause and origin "ground
to a halt when the bodies were found," said King County sheriff's Sgt.
John Urquhart. Fire investigators retreated from the scene as sheriff's
officials waited for a search warrant to be issued. "It could be a crime
scene for all we know, so we back out and get a search warrant to cover
all our bases," Urquhart said from the parking lot of the Silver Dollar
Casino, which faces the rear of the apartment complex east of
International Boulevard. "Nothing's been ruled out, but there's no
obvious indication it was anything other than an accident." The fire was
so hot that even after it was out it was too dangerous for investigators
to enter the scorched building until Tuesday morning, said Urquhart.
Firefighters used boards to shore up some of the damaged floors and
anticipated the need for more shoring up of the building before it was
safe for investigators to enter some units. Investigators were surprised
to find the two victims because "the first reports we had were that
nobody was missing and everybody was accounted for," Urquhart said. "But
as the holiday weekend went on, we did receive a report that someone
hadn't been seen since the fire." He couldn't immediately provide
details about who filed the report or say whether one or two people had
been reported missing. Two women suffered life-threatening injuries
after leaping off their balconies to escape the flames that broke out at
6:55 p.m. at the 48-unit complex in the 3000 block of South 192nd
Street, a spokesman for King County Fire District 20 said. Seven other
people were hospitalized for minor injuries and about 100 people were
displaced from their homes. Because it was an older building, sprinklers
were not required, but residents reported that smoke alarms were
working.
This was on Butch weedon's internet page today. (1-21-09) I want to pass this on to you, because even though I am no longer in fire service, I am still vitally interested in the safety and well being of not only our firefighters, but also the general public.
I would like to urge our County and City leaders, our Fire Chiefs, our Mayor, our County Commissioners, our City Councilmen, to band together, work together to insure that every public building have adequate fire sprinklers, and make it mandatory. All new public buildings need to have adequate sprinklers, and all existing public buildings be retro fit.
I can hear the objections now. "Oh, no, we could never do that, It would be too expensive." My answer to that is, How much does it cost to bury a child? or two? How much is the ensuing lawsuit(s) going to cost? How expensive are tears?
or do you care?
Lee Akers
Two bodies discovered in burned SeaTac building
http://seattletimes.nwsou...e21m0.html
By Sara Jean Green
Fire investigators discovered two bodies Tuesday morning while searching
for the cause of a Saturday night blaze at the Emerald Place by the Lake
apartments in SeaTac. The search for the fire's cause and origin "ground
to a halt when the bodies were found," said King County sheriff's Sgt.
John Urquhart. Fire investigators retreated from the scene as sheriff's
officials waited for a search warrant to be issued. "It could be a crime
scene for all we know, so we back out and get a search warrant to cover
all our bases," Urquhart said from the parking lot of the Silver Dollar
Casino, which faces the rear of the apartment complex east of
International Boulevard. "Nothing's been ruled out, but there's no
obvious indication it was anything other than an accident." The fire was
so hot that even after it was out it was too dangerous for investigators
to enter the scorched building until Tuesday morning, said Urquhart.
Firefighters used boards to shore up some of the damaged floors and
anticipated the need for more shoring up of the building before it was
safe for investigators to enter some units. Investigators were surprised
to find the two victims because "the first reports we had were that
nobody was missing and everybody was accounted for," Urquhart said. "But
as the holiday weekend went on, we did receive a report that someone
hadn't been seen since the fire." He couldn't immediately provide
details about who filed the report or say whether one or two people had
been reported missing. Two women suffered life-threatening injuries
after leaping off their balconies to escape the flames that broke out at
6:55 p.m. at the 48-unit complex in the 3000 block of South 192nd
Street, a spokesman for King County Fire District 20 said. Seven other
people were hospitalized for minor injuries and about 100 people were
displaced from their homes. Because it was an older building, sprinklers
were not required, but residents reported that smoke alarms were
working.