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Fire commission presentation highlighted highway hazards to emergency vehicles, commissioner reports
Summary
Commissioner Bujak reported a Fire Commission presentation by Chief Tennant on strategies to protect fire apparatus and crews from strikes while operating on highways and the related equipment losses.
Commissioner Bujak reported that the Fire Commission received a presentation from Chief Tennant about operating in traffic hazard situations and efforts to protect fire apparatus and crews.
Bujak said Chief Tennant described strategies including strategic vehicle placement to shield responders on highways and noted the risk of apparatus being struck by inattentive or impaired drivers. In his remarks to the county board, Bujak said, "you have $800,000,000 vehicles that are getting destroyed by, distracted, drunk, and, people who aren't paying attention," which he cited to emphasize the scale of equipment loss described at the Fire Commission meeting. Bujak characterized the briefing as "very interesting" and said the commission is working on mitigation measures to maintain responder safety and reduce expensive equipment losses.
The county board meeting recorded Bujak's summary of the Fire Commission briefing; no county-level action or funding decision on the topic was taken during the board meeting.
