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Homeland In-Security: FDNY Locked out of Construction Accident at Freedom Tower

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Attacks Redevelopment

You can read the whole story here.  Long story short…Port Authority Police did not allow FDNY responders to enter the construction site when a worker fell two stories.   Although Squad 18 was eventually admitted to the site, other responders including the first arriving Engine 10, were kept out.

I’m not sure this was the result the Feds were looking for when they dumped millions of dollars into NIMS training, interoperability, and unified command.  If the response to the small stuff goes like this, what happens at the next major terrorist attack?

Construction Accident and Hazmat/MCI Keep DC Special Operations Busy

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Photo by Kristi King, WTOP.com

Photo by Kristi King, WTOP.com

DC Fire & EMS responded to a technical rescue, initially reported as a trench.   Turns out two brothers fell 3 stories off scafolding, landing in a ditch below.  Debri from the scaffolding reportedly landed on top of them.   Their injuries are reported as serious, but not life threatening.  Click here to read the brief story.

Shortly after the construction accident, DC Fire & EMS, including Hazmat and the MCI Bus, were sent to the Lab School of Washington.  A small pepper spray canister was discharged in the school.  Two students were transported by EMS, along with 27 students evaluated on the MCI bus.