An Atlanta firefighter was suspended without pay for reportedly breaking protocol when he went into a burning home to save a 95-year-old woman. Yet questions around what exactly led to the suspension remain—and whether policies were in fact breached.
February 12, 2020, 6:06 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.An Atlanta firefighter was suspended without pay for reportedly breaking protocol when he went into a burning home to save a 95-year-old woman.
The complaint states that Dwyer broke policy by entering the home"without your crew members, which is in immediate conflict with no freelancing, accountability and maintaining crew integrity."A video of the incident, also obtained by ABC News, shows the house engulfed in flames.
Capt. Daniel Dwyer, of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, was suspended without pay over the incident. Gerdis called Dwyer's suspension"absolutely odd." Stafford said in his 14 years with the department, he could not recall a similar suspension.Gerdis said that while policies are always in place, those are meant to protect the firefighters.
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