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     Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1748 Registered: 9-2004 |
Baton Rouge Fire Department Takes A Closer Look At FEMA Trailers in Baton Rouge May 8, 2006 05:18 AM Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman Robert Combs knows how quickly a fire can destroy a trailer like the ones in the Baton Rouge FEMA Trailer Park. After a trailer exploded in Slidell three weeks ago, Combs hopes to prevent a similar explosion here. Investigators re-examined the burned out Slidell trailer on Friday looking for what caused the blast. The explosion severely burned John Meyer, causing him eventually to die. http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4869386 ................... May 18, 2006 Some FEMA trailers unsafe, environmental group says The Associated Press GULFPORT — An environmental group says thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi and Louisiana may be living in unsafe conditions after tests it conducted showed dangerous levels of formaldehyde in some government trailers. The Sierra Club on Wednesday asked for a congressional hearing after it claimed that 30 out of 32 Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers it tested had levels of formaldehyde that were unsafe. "We started doing this testing because people were getting sick, having nosebleeds and having constant coughs," said Mississippi Sierra Club spokeswoman Becky Gillette. "The government is making people sick. They are putting people back in harm's way." http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/NEWS/60518005 ........................................ Second FEMA Trailer Fire This Week Claims Life of St. Bernard Man in Slidell (July 2006) A man in his 60’s died when his FEMA trailer suddenly erupted into flames Friday morning, St. Tammany Parish Fire District #1 Deputy Captain David Huhn said. A neighbor pulled the man from the burning trailer at a FEMA trailer park located at 2601 Old Spanish Trail in Slidell and administered CPR until firefighters arrived and took over. However, the unidentified victim believed to have relocated to the trailer park from St. Bernard Parish after Hurricane Katrina, was declared dead at the scene, a spokesman from the St. Tammany Parish Fire District #1 said. Four engine companies responded to the fire. “We contained the fire quickly but these campers go up fast, so people need to know to get out as fast as they can,” Huhn said. This is the second FEMA trailer fire this week. Thursday, a FEMA trailer occupied by Richard Blades at 72657 Highway 21 ignited around lunchtime. A spokesman for parish Fire District 12 said that they got a 911 call at 12:52 p.m. and that the fire was put out in three minutes by a crew of seven firefighters. http://www.sttammany.com/news-detail/article/564/second-fema.html ....................... |
