Posted on 02/14/2020 9:00:15 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Before anyone can become a firefighter, they first must take an oath: a promise to put the lives of others before their own, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.
So when Capt. Daniel Dwyer of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department stepped into a burning Northwest Atlanta home on June 28, 2019, to rescue the 95-year-old woman trapped inside, it seemed as though he was simply doing his job.
That is until he got suspended for 48 hours — without pay — for trying to save someone’s life. And despite his best efforts, Sallie Skrine, the woman Dwyer was rescuing, died after succumbing to her injuries.
“While performing your duties, you entered the structure without your crew members which is in immediate conflict with no freelancing, accountability, and maintaining crew integrity,” Fire Chief Randall Slaughter wrote in the complaint against Dwyer.
“Time is of the essence. Captain Dwyer did exactly what firefighters are sworn oath to do. We are absolutely against the decision to suspend him,” Gerdis said. “Not only does he have to live with the guilt of not being able to save the homeowner, but now he and his family have to deal with the financial repercussions of not getting paid for 48 hours just for trying to save someone’s life.”
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I do not get it. Was he supposed to LEAVE her there? How could that even be his call? or the call of anyone?
So he entered without his crew member? How long would that have taken? I guess I can sort of understand the rules...Not really.
Atlanta is messed up. They fired a fire chief over a book about responsible behavior. And now this suspension
That’s because it wasn’t the Fire Chief’s grandmother!!!!
Atlanta burned to the ground once before.
This is what leads people in dangerous jobs to stop taking risks. If the Dept. does not have your back, then just follow the rules.
If a fireman loses his life he is no good to help others. As a fireman I never took that kind of oath.
Photos of victim and Fireman
Safety rules are what they are. Intent to make everyone safe no matter how many people die.
Hahahahahahahahaha
Change fire chief name to random slaughter
Don’t do it...don’t do it...oh...thanks. Shoulda reprimanded the coworkers who took so long to get dressed. Fire chief sounds like disconnected manager type.
If a fireman loses his life he is no good to help others.
How about if a Fireman stubs his toe in the dark/smoke?
The Paris Fire Brigade.
Its motto is “Save or Perish” (French “Sauver ou périr”).
People sometimes have to act. If that had been my mother, wife, or child up there, I would be damned grateful for the attempt even if it is against the “rules”.
When I was in the USN working on the flight deck of a carrier, they told us to never deviate from the processes and procedures to accomplish things that they were going to teach us.
The CPO said that even if we had a “better” way of doing it, don’t...because many of those rules and procedures were written in blood.
That said, if it were my job to save people in a burning house, and time were of the essence...I would go in if it meant saving a life.
Not a firemen. But I can’t see how you might see someone lying on a burning floor in a smoke filled room with the situation ready to change very soon, and not realize if you are going to have a chance, you have to go for it now.
By contrast, “Chief Slaughter is a native Atlantan and a proud graduate of the Atlanta Public School System.”
I have to qualify that to say “I would HOPE I would go in if it meant saving a life”
That takes a lot of guts, and I have never done it, so I have no idea if I could.
If he had just left her, he would have been fired for not doing his job.
“ Men of HONOR, now so out of fashion. ”
Yes indeed. Can’t have any toxic masculinity. Some snowflake might get triggered.
I’m guessing that the Chief was waiting on Martin Leonard Skutnik III to say “Screw the rules” and do what was needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJvFg8gGfHE
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