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Firefighters renew push for Walsh‑Kennedy recommendations after 2014 Back Bay fire, urging criminal negligence penalties for unsafe hot work
Summary
Boston firefighters and statewide fire organizations urged the committee to enact recommendations from the Walsh‑Kennedy commission, including tighter hot‑works certification and criminal‑negligence penalties, citing the 2014 fire that killed two Boston firefighters.
Firefighters representing Boston and statewide unions pressed the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to adopt the Walsh‑Kennedy Commission recommendations to tighten rules, training and penalties for cutting, welding and other hot‑works operations. "Lieutenant Walsh and firefighter Michael Kennedy made the ultimate sacrifice," said Sam Dillon, president of Boston Firefighters Local 718, recalling the March 2014 Back Bay fire that killed two members of the Boston Fire Department.…
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