DEI Hires Are Still Costing Lives (TX)
DEI Hire Austin Fire Chief Refused to Deploy Swift Water Rescue Teams Ahead of Floods in Kerr County
Statement Release from Austin Firefighters Association:
It brings the Austin Firefighters no pleasure to report to the community that the Austin Fire Chief DENIED the deployment of Austin firefighters to Kerrville until very late into the event…, with the exception of only 3 AFD rescue swimmers who helped staff helo teams (which still were NOT deployed until the afternoon of the 4th).
The Austin Firefighter Special Operations teams are specially trained for Hill Country swift water rescue and are some of the best, if not the best, swift water boat teams in the State of Texas.
It is absolutely outrageous that the Austin Fire Chief, Joel G. Baker, would not allow highly trained firefighters from Austin to respond to Kerrville. Because of this egregious dereliction of duty, LIVES WERE VERY LIKELY LOST BECAUSE OF CHIEF BAKER’S DECISION!
Deployment orders came down from the State of Texas on July 2. We would've been pre-deployed before the waters even began to rise!
It is unforgivable that a fire chief would NOT allow his firefighters to answer the call to save lives.
Why would Fire Chief Joel G. Baker do this, you may ask? It was a misguided attempt to save money. I say “misguided” because…
Austin is essentially dead. Austin is essentially not even Texas. It's New York and California.
What Democrat cares about a few hundred lives lost to to mismanagement by incompendant hires, after all they are only taxpaying Citizens and/or their children who died from a stupid Democrat program, Just ask Congressional Democrats ad RINOs.