Reply #16: Carefully chosen words. [View All]

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..."I can tell you there's a policy against pulling first-line responders off of front lines for press conferences," Mr. Knocke said...

But is there a policy for never putting them on the front lines in the first place so that you can have them available for press conferences?

It seems there is.

Furthermore, if these firefighters' services were not needed in the hurricane area, they were certainly needed in their hometowns. These firefighters were sent at a cost to their own municipalities.