Posted on 06/04/2018 7:31:49 PM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Firefighters were battling a building fire Friday morning at Western Golf and Country Club in Redford Township.
The fire broke out just before 5:30 a.m. Friday. Livonia, Dearborn Heights and Southfield firefighters were called in to assist.
The fire apparently started in the kitchen of one of the clubhouse buildings. The flames were spreading from building to building.
By 8:20 a.m., firefighters had doused most of the flames and were beginning to fight back the fire.
No injuries were reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...
Looks like it was an old and perhaps poorly maintained structure.
So I started searching around and found this:over-last-20-years-annual-fires-in-the-us-declined-by-about-50-while-career-firefighters-increased-more-than-50 .
And in the discussion that follows on that site is perhaps an explanation for why most 911 calls are responded by EMS, fire & police, and probably why our little Easter Sunday fire down the street resulted in fire units from all the neighboring communities and airports crowding out our Easter guests.
Back to the clickondetroit pics; it looks like they watered the roof but all that was left was the old chimney.
It was a very exclusive club. Members only. Tennis, swimming, and golf. Their website offers contact once they check you out. Not even a membership price is promised until they have a look at you.
Mosst firefighters do emergency calls of all kinds.....not just fires. They are usually first on scene. Our county firefighters ran 37,486 medical calls in 2017. How many firefighters do you think that takes?
What is your point? That the fire fighters should have all put their lives on the line and entered a fully involved fire in a 100 year old wood structure? The tactics I see being used all look appropriate to the situation.
If they had a look at me? They certainly wouldn’t even give me a quote.
But I console myself by remembering what Groucho Marx infamously said: “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
I just wonder why it takes 5 of them to go grocery shopping while their truck idles in the parking lot?
The other link I gave in post 3 presents an argument about how
Over last 20 years, annual fires in the US declined by about 50% while career firefighters increased more than 50%?
The author contends that public sector unions are a prime reason for that while some of the comments following point out a 70% are volunteer fire fighters.
They’re still called firefighters here too....but they’re actually EMT’s too. Hubby is retired from our country fire dept.
Because they are on duty and have to be available for a call. Couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve seen them leave a grocery cart with groceries in it because they got a call while doing their grocery shopping. And oh yeah, they pay for their own groceries too.
Hubby is a retired 34 year firefighter.
What do suppose happens when a call comes in while they are at the grocery store?
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