It was 7:30 in the morning as calls started coming in from travelers on US93, and local residents about a fire and black smoke showing. One caller saying it was an RV, the owners were in their 90's and may still be inside.
77 Year old Paul Mikonis was blown back and his clothes caught fire. He struggled to get his 85 year old wife who recovering from other medical problems, out of the RV. He told me he was afraid of her burnt skin coming off as he pulled her out of the RV.
Paul could hear the siren coming and thought help was on the way. When the fire truck showed up, he was surprised to see only one firefighter on the fire truck, and he was having trouble getting the gate open.
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REPORT ON THE FIRE
On June 23rd 2015 I asked the LMRFD for their report on the Mikonis fire. It took a day to get the correct date to the firefighter looking for the report. He gave me a call saying he had found the report, the fire was January 25th.
I picked up the report on June 25th. I was surprised that the report said it wasn't written on January 25th, the day of the fire. The report said the date of the incident was 01/25/2015, but the report wasn't written until 06/24/2015, a day after I requested it.
This was a fire with serious injuries that turned into a fatality. Yet no one followed up to see if the person survived, or even wrote a report on the fire until it was asked for six months later.
The report being written six months later, the report writer forgot to mention one of the engines that was at the fire. This makes me question what else he forgot when writing the report? If the report came from the LMRFD computer, why was there no copy of a report from the Meadview station who also responded.
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ReplyDeleteI have a copy of the report in question, printed January 27, 2015, as I required it for our monthly water usage report to Mt. Tipton Water. Our reporting system records the latest date a report is accessed, therefore the June date on yours. I wish you would verify the accuracy of your accusations before posting for the world to see.
ReplyDeleteI've written hundreds of police, fire, and EMS reports over the years. When a report says, "Report Completed by" then has a place for your name, badge number, and date. It's the date the report was completed, not printed.
DeleteIf you look at the report I posted it has what you're talking about, "Report Printed by" then the name, badge number, date and time it was printed.
Please send me a copy of your report dted 01/27/2015.
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DeleteI have sent a copy of the report as you requested, to your email address. Please apologize to our dedicated Firefighter/Paramedic whom you accused of failing to complete his report in a timely manner. Thank you.
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DeleteI questioned if he wrote a report in January. He did write a report in January, and for that I apologize.
DeleteI still question why your report was completed on 01/25/2015, not reviewed, then printed by you on 01/27/2015.
The report I was given says "Report Completed by" the firefighter, his ID number, but dated that it was completed on 06/24/2015.
Please look at the two side by side, you can't complete a report more than once, you can print it as many times as you want. The completion date shouldn't change.
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