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Video: Law enforcement grabs hose lines at Ga. fire

Footage shows officers manning two lines without fire PPE at a semi truck fire

Editor’s note: It’s important to learn from our own responses and those performed by others in our service, says Editorial Advisor Adam Thiel. Check out his take on the video here.

By FireRescue1 Staff

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. — A video posted online shows law enforcement officers grabbing a hose line and initiating an attack on a truck fire.

Footage, which you can view by clicking here, shows a Georgia State Patrol officer, a Decatur County sheriff’s deputy and another officer manning two lines without fire PPE at a semi truck fire on Tuesday.

All public safety officers in the City of Bainbridge are certified in both law enforcement and firefighting, according to the city website.

However, fire blogger Dave Statter points out that the law enforcement officials on the lines may not have belonged to the city.