SingUp Now Help Contact Home Page The One Resource for Firefighters and the Fire Service
 
Search:
  Login Login    My Profile My Profile  
Products:
Fire News Fire Products Fire Research Topics Fire-EMS Wildland Firefighting Fire Training Fire Jobs Firefighter Safety Fire Forums

Plan to downplay Charleston fire probe revealed

News Report

Print RegisterWhat's This

Plan to downplay Charleston fire probe revealed


All News Reports
Related Links
Charleston mayor releases report into Sofa Super Store fireRead full coverage of the S.C. warehouse fire
Gov. Mark Sanford's office and state workplace officials consulted on a plan to minimize publicity surrounding the results of an investigation into Charleston's deadly Sofa Super Store fire, according to documents obtained by The Post and Courier through the Freedom of Information Act.

An Aug. 24 e-mail from an official at the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration details a strategy to downplay the agency's investigative report into the June 18 blaze that killed nine firefighters.

OSHA planned to release the report close to the Labor Day holiday weekend to "cut down on calls, questions andadditional stories" about the document, the e-mail statedFull Story




 Most Popular
Charleston fire chief quits Senate: Let first responders unionize Seattle pays $1.8M to firefighter injured in training Firefighters flock to Neb.'s new training facility Mayor slaps Ga. chief with reprimand
All Popular Articles


Today's Top Stories
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Charleston fire department blamed in 9 firefighter deaths First responder union bill dropped in Senate Ala. training captain dies in the line of duty N.M. investigators seek origin of on-going Trigo Fire Firefighters rise to rescue tasks after China earthquake Ill. firefighter, medal of valor winner, remembered
All of Today's News
Submit News

Line-Of-Duty Deaths
Tyler Casey - 05/12/2008 - [Seneca, Missouri] Jeremy Jylka - 05/01/2008 - [Pine City, Minnesota] Riley Joseph Terrebone Jr. - 04/23/2008 - [Springfield, Louisiana]

Submit information on fallen firefighters in your area.

Line of Duty Deaths

FireRescue1 Exclusive
Full Story...
Vehicle protection system counters rollover hazards
While a failure to use seat belts accounts for some deaths and many more injuries, being belted up only offers limited protection in incidents such as rollovers.
Full Story
Past Exclusives

Featured Columnist
Mike McEvoy
Sponsored by Masimo

Fire Medicine
Response to CO Alarms: Time For Another Detector? 2007: Our Neighbors Caught Bird Flu and All We Got Was MRSA Making Rehab a Requirement: NFPA 1584
All Columnists






FIRERESCUE1 TOPICS
Fire Resources | Fire News | Fire Products | Fire-EMS | Fire Careers | Firefighter Safety | Wildland Firefighting | Fire Videos | Fire Grants |

FIRERESCUE1 NETWORK
FlashoverTV.com | FireGrantsHelp.com | FireRehab.com | VolunteerFD.org | EMS1.com | Paramedic.com | PraetorianGroup.com | Homeland1.com |

© Copyright 2008 - FireRescue1.com. All Rights Reserved.