History of the Atlanta Fire Dept.

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Charlie #1 (Lt. H. James Westbrook and myself) was the first unit on the scene of the Olympic Park Bombing and responded form Peachtree and International. Charlie #1 established command and began triage. Lt. H. James Westbrook was the initial Incident Commander. As the incident progressed and additional resources arrived, Lt. Westbrook became the Staging Officer and I became the Transportation Officer.

I don't know who took this shot, but it is me at the Command Post. I was polling local ERs by phone to update availability and diversion statuses. This was before the command vans and the hood of the car was the "operations desk".

I had a disposable camera in my pocket that night and I still regret not taking a few seconds to snap a shot or two when we arrived at the park. We were just overwhelmed and it was the last thing on my mind at the time.