Question for today’s shift: When was the last time your shift discussed electrical emergencies and hazards? A lot of firefighters have lost their lives to unseen/unnoticed electrical hazards!

FireFighterCloseCalls.com has several reports about LODD’s on the history page.

A firefighter is killed when he lowered his ladder into power lines. – Maryland – 1964 (Page2)

History:

October 2, 1967 – Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was sworn in as the first African American associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He served until 1991 and was known for opposing discrimination and the death penalty, and for championing free speech and civil liberties.