Maurice Luque
Maurice Luque
operation recovery unless
That's the end of the search, unless we get a missing-person report. Then it would be more of a recovery operation than a rescue.
chance driver dumped fire front good load saw station
He saw a fire station and said this is a good place for it and so he dumped it right there. The driver just didn't want to take any chance with the fire in the truck, so he dumped the load right in front of the fire station.
engine pulled
They just pulled the hose off the engine and doused it with foam.
miles needed operations people period rescued square time within
They rescued about 240 people within a four-hour period of time within 5 square miles before they had to suspend operations at nightfall. There were about 500 people who still needed to be rescued.
briefcase looking package small type
It was some type of package that was described as looking like a small briefcase or a box.
armed guard teams turned
We even have an armed guard with our folks, as do other teams there. It's just turned into a kind of madness.
carry depend emergency quite reliable
We depend on them quite heavily. But as a backup, we still carry alphanumeric pagers, which are quite reliable to get emergency notification.
building defensive mode protect
When we got there, the building was well-involved in flame, so we went to defensive mode to protect neighboring buildings.