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Alderman raises concerns about Crowley fire response; city attorney advises against executive session
Summary
Alderman Martin questioned the Crowley Fire Department’s response to a recent house fire and alleged a delay and equipment problems; fire personnel gave detailed apparatus narratives and the city attorney advised the committee that executive session is unlikely to be appropriate.
Alderman Martin publicly questioned the Crowley Fire Department’s response to a recent structure fire at 909 North Avenue A, saying residents witnessed problems with hose hookups and apparent equipment issues during the incident.
Martin asked for discussion at the Sept. 9 public safety committee meeting and said he had multiple eyewitnesses to aspects of the response. ‘‘There was a delay,’’ Martin said in committee comments, citing the apparatus narratives in the department’s written report and raising concern about a service engine that had been assigned on a prior call.
Fire leadership provided a written incident narrative and multiple apparatus‑level statements to the committee. In those narratives Captain Brian Quibidon, Driver Murphy and firefighter Austin McCarty described arriving to heavy smoke…
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