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Austin’s firefighter Joel G. Baker, accused of abolishing firefighters to help in Kerrville
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Austin’s Firefighters’ Association says firefighters plan to start voting at self -confidence
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The flood in central Texas died more than 80 people and most of the deaths were in Cerro County
Austin, Texas – Austin’s firefighter Joel G. Baker was accused of denying the deployment of Austin’s firefighters to help in Kerrville after recently the disastrous flood.
Austin’s Fire and Rescue Association has announced the Baker on its Facebook page, calling it “absolutely outraged” and “brutal abandonment” and calling for Baker to be responsible.
AFA says Austin firefighters are planning to start voting on Baker’s distrust on Tuesday, July 8th.
The accusation
What they say
On Monday, July 7, AFA announced Facebook:
“Austin’s firefighters are pleased to report to the community that Austin’s firefighter’s chief denied the deployment of Austin firefighters in Kerrville until very late to the event (so today!), Except for only 3 AfD rescue hair that helped Helo teams (still not deployed before the 4th afternoon).
“Austinian firefighter special operations teams are specially trained in Hill Country Swift Water Rescue and are some of the best, if not the best, Swift water boat teams in Texas.
“It is extremely horrible that Joel G. Baker, Chief of Austin’s firefighters, would prevent well -trained Austin’s firefighters to respond to Kerrville. Because of this harsh duty of abandonment, the life of this harsh duty was very likely due to the chief decision of the Baker!
“On July 2, the deployment orders from Texas fell. We would have been pre -introduced before the waters even began to rise!
“It is not forgotten that the firefighter’s chief will prevent his firefighters from responding to the invitation to save lives.
“Why would the firefighter Joel G. Baker would do it, you can ask? It was a misconception of money savings. I say” falsely “because the fire service is fully compensated by the state to deploy. I explained the compensation process last week,
“We are unpleasant to the chief of our firefighters. He must be responsible and dismissed for his shameful abandonment.
“Austin’s firefighters start voting on the chief of firefighters on Tuesday.
“Whatever the creepy, when we are in our Austin Fire Service, the Austin Fire and Rescue Association has made the decision not to release our dirty laundry, and the victims and bodies were still recovered. But now July 7 is responsible for this terrible action.
“Austin’s firefighters undertake to be transparent to the community about this process to remove our firefighter’s chief and detain all the persons responsible, who were part of this cruelty.
“Firefighters hope that we will have your support because it will become ugly.
“I can’t express you how outrageous and painful rescuers are that we were not allowed to do this job – the work we had so hard and long training – we avoided the historical floods that had just happened in Kerrville. We were able to make a difference and were forced to stand up and live.
“The community deserves a firefighter’s chief who cares about the community as much as our firefighters rescuers are not. Joel G. Baker has to go!”
What will happen next
It is expected that July 8th. 11 am AFA will hold a press conference on voting.
The latest flood
What we know
From July 7 10:20 p.m., more than 80 people died in the central Texas due to the flood. Most of these deaths occurred in Cerro County, where at least 68 people died, including 28 children.
At least 10 girls from Camp mystic is still missing.
Officials say that the crews were able to save more than 850 people during the holiday weekend.
At least seven deaths died in Travis County and about 10 people who did not exist. There was also a major damage to the infrastructure.
Burnet County confirmed at least three deaths.
Williamson County reports that two deaths, while Kendall and Tom Green counties have provided at least one death.
The source
This report contains reports of Austin Firefighters Association and previous Fox 7 Austin and Fox TV stations.