I dont think that was the FD's fault. Not to sound defensive in the FD's stance but it is the building owners job to take care of securing the building after we leave. Was there roof cut in the gym? out of total curiosity. Because we're known to break out some windows and i only see the middle one broken. They took care of the place.
yea, my son is in the hospital at least a week once or twice a year with pnemonia due to lung trouble, and hes stuck in one of these the whole time. its miserable, makes me feel bad.
Piling up the 300th Day and Night
From Beyond the door,
Cries of pain are heard
And the final destination has become real
Though not a blessed beginning.
I believe one of these ceiling cuts you speak of helped aid in the ultimate demise of the environmental inspector killed at Byberry... I think the hole left uncovered had rotted out the metal staircase, which collapsed under the inspector as he started to descend it a mere 3 days after I was there to shoot this gallery http://www.opacity.us/gallery55.htm
I'm not insinuating that it was the fire department's fault by any means, it just jogged my memory there.
Those "body carriers" are really called stokes baskets, and Motts your right, they are mostly used for helicopter air rescues. What popular around my FD is using it for mountain rescue, many rescue squads and FD's have these because they are cheap and sturdy. Made of chicken wire and piping. They are the best things to use in anytype of rescue
Speaking as a Firefighter, the blackening of the ceiling here shows that either the FD that worked this fire did an awesome vent job, which i doubt because of the lack of verticle ceiling cuts (holes cut to let flame heat and gase's escape) or the fire didnt burn long enough to heat up the room and was probubly extinguish rather fast either by the FD or security