I'm glad you mentioned secondary devices Ed! I'm currently in Week 3 of teaching our module on Triage & MCI's (ironic timing I know) and that's one of the things we've been telling the guys. We've all (BFD, BEMS & BPD) been trained to run towards an incident when something happens, but in these types of incidents we need to slow down & ensure scene safety. Imagine if the second explosion was near the first one, what could have happened. This is not a knock on any of our guys, we should all hold our heads up high for the job we all did together, but it will hopefully be a good teaching lesson going forward. And I'm with you, I'm not sorry nor do I have any regrets about not being there.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
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