Firemen hit with BB shots

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Firemen hit with BB shots

OVER-THE-RHINE - Two Cincinnati firefighters were shot at Tuesday night while tending to a patient, and the BBs fired also hit the windshield of a police cruiser.

The shooting was among at least three others Tuesday night and early Wednesday in Over-the-Rhine, Bond Hill and South Cumminsville. No one was seriously hurt.


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This is why we should have deck guns mounted to the top of the Ambulance. If they don't deter, they sure enough have stopping power!

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On a similar note... sort of...

DC Dispatcher Adds Deadly Warning To Memo


LON SLEPICKA
Firehouse.Com News

Washington D.C. firefighters and others who listen to radio dispatches to fire houses here were a little startled when a dispatcher ended the second reading of a dispatch with a warning to pay attention or they might be shot, Aug. 3.

As U.S. Capitol police closed down streets around the Capitol, senate and house office buildings due to heightened terrorist concerns, check points were established for vehicles traveling into the area.

D.C. Fire and EMS PIO Alan Etter said the dispatcher was reading a memo to fire houses describing how they should deal with the situation. The three paragraph memo explained the checkpoints and advised apparatus operators to look for alternative routes if possible when traveling the area and to be aware of the increasingly awkward and congested traffic flow.

It also explained that unless there was prior notification which Etter said was highly unlikely in most cases, apparatus should slow down at check points, “and proceed only as directed by U.S. Capitol Police.”

After reading the memo for the second time, the dispatcher added, “Members are advised to adhere to these instructions or you will be fired upon,” according to Etter.

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