In a city aflame with crime, firefighters will get new protection against being singed with the violence Democrats have been unable to control.
Firefighters in Portland, Oregon, will soon have the option of wearing bulletproof vests when responding to calls, according to Oregon Live.
The decision reflects a “changing landscape” in which firefighters often brave a gauntlet of hostility when they respond to a call, Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman Terry Foster said.
“First responders, as they go in, we can become targets,” said Alan Ferschweiler, president of the Portland Firefighters Association, according to KGW-TV.
The city will order 200 vests and is working out the rules governing when they are to be worn in addition to the heavy load of gear firefighters already wear, which includes their turnout gear, boots, a helmet, an air tank and other items.
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Isaac McLennan, vice president of the Portland Fire Fighters’ Association, noted a 2018 case in which a man shot at first responders after allegedly setting a building on fire as a way to ambush them.
Since then, the city has changed for the worse.
Portland has suffered more than 870 shootings to date with 283 people injured and 46 others killed, Democrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Sept. 15, according to KGW-TV.
Through all of 2020, there were 891 shootings with 57 homicides, which was the highest number of killings since 1994. Portland has had 62 homicides so far in...
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3 comments:
There's only 1 reason that Portland is suffering more rioting. If TPTB wanted the destruction to stop or if the rioters were conservatives, it would be over this afternoon.
What is wrong with people in Portlandia??Why is Ted (pencil neck) Wheeler still mayor and not tarred and feathered.
Let it burn
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