New Orleans FD Adjusts Post-Katrina
The New Orleans Fire Department continues to face challenges since Hurricane Katrina hit. They also continue to adjust to these challenges and do their job as firefightes. Here is a good article from the Times-Picayune.
More than half of the New Orleans Fire Department's stations were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Of the department's 33 stations, only 10 are operational.But 751 New Orleans firefighters remain at work, spread citywide and housed in places such as the Audubon Park Clubhouse and the St. Pius X Elementary School in Lake Vista.
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Since Katrina, the Fire Department has relied on water dropped from buckets by helicopters at the direction of firefighters on the ground or in spotter planes. As recently as Friday, inadequate water pressure led firefighters to use helicopters contracted by the city to drop water on two fires in eastern New Orleans, said Peter Caruso, supervisor of fire communications.
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"And I tell you, these guys are adjusting and adapting because they're committed," he said. "They're committed to making sure that the citizens of New Orleans know that we're providing all the protection and service that we can do for their re-entry. We want to make sure they know that. It's important for them to know that because we want them back."
Hang tough, NOFD. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
