Friday, September 09, 2005
FEMA strikes again....
Official: state's firefighters could have been put to better use
Rob Farley says the Federal Emergency Management Agency sought help directly from individual fire departments instead of requesting help at the state level.
"I won't say it was wrong for FEMA to do that," Farley said. "It just made it harder for us to be able to coordinate and monitor the resources going out of the state."
He also said firefighters who were sent are being used mostly for clerical work, diminishing the state's ability to deploy teams for actual firefighting.
from Boston.com
