This week in public safety has kind of sucked. We lost Fire Fighters in Phoenix and Dallas. An F5 tornado decimated Moore OK. For the passing of the fire fighters their lives are a testament to the jobs we do and the danger that we face on a daily basis. Their deaths are a tool to teach us what went wrong and how to hopefully make sure it does not happen to any other member of a department.
The Oklahoma Tornado was and is another story. Life loss there was larger and involved children. For this fire and life safety person the loss of children is the hardest. I can not imagine what the residents of Moore are going through. All we can do is pray, pray and pray some more.
My best friend Jim reminded me of the Plainfield Il tornado that I responded to in 1990. The surreal devastation, the school held together with a thread that was used as a shelter. Seeing grass imbedded into the black top. All things that even now are difficult to comprehend. The best we can do as public safety people is to teach, educate and make people aware of the dangers of tornados, how to stay safe and what to do when they are bearing down on you.
I sit and watch the ball game because the TV coverage makes me angry and ill. I hug my family tighter and tell them I love them more often.
I will post more later.
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