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Police hurt in Schenectady fire
By SKIP DICKSTEIN
Updated 02:32 p.m., Wednesday, February 15, 2012


SCHENECTADY — Two city police officers were pulled from a burning apartment building on State Street Wednesday afternoon.

They were taken to the hospital for treatment after firefighters pulled them from 1316 State St. shortly before 1 p.m.

One officer, Matt Hoy, suffered smoke inhalation and the other officer, Ryan Maloney, had a gash to his leg, Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett said.

"The officers should be fine," Barrett said.

Bennett described a dramatic scene as firefighters pulled the two officers from a window and helped them down a ladder.

But Bennett said if the firefighters weren't there to rescue them "it could have been much worse."

Police were initially called to the house after receiving a report of possible domestic violence in one of the apartments in the three-story building................>>>>.................>>>>>..................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Police-hurt-in-Schenectady-fire-3333344.php#ixzz1mTxRwHvO

Owned by an absentee landlord.   A lancdlord that not only doesn't live in the city, he doesn't even live in the capital region, landlord is in the Bronx.   But THAT is PRECISELY the ONLY type of property owners the dems of the city attract.

Wonder:

Is the property current on taxes?
Is it up to code?
Were their rental certificates given for the apartments (don't worry, Mr McC will insure that the taxpyayers are NOT informed of the answer to this one)
Is the building insured?
Are the tenants living on DSS?

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Owned by an absentee landlord.   A lancdlord that not only doesn't live in the city, he doesn't even live in the capital region, landlord is in the Bronx.   But THAT is PRECISELY the ONLY type of property owners the dems of the city attract.

Wonder:

Is the property current on taxes?
Is it up to code?
Were their rental certificates given for the apartments (don't worry, Mr McC will insure that the taxpyayers are NOT informed of the answer to this one)
Is the building insured?
Are the tenants living on DSS?

These questions will not be asked, since the occupants are police.  The questions is... why would 2 officers who are in a house during daylight not be able to find their way out of the place without help?  I mean, aren't they supposed to be the next best thing to firefighters in an emergency?  It's not as if they were sleeping, after all, somebody was awake and fighting there.  I would expect that the cops would have either had something to do with the fight, or would have been doing something to help out the situation, or at the very least are held to higher standards as far as physical and mental capacity that they can handle themselves in situations like this.

I just wonder............. did the cops go into a burning building or did the fire start after the cops arrived?

rampage

pretty simple they tried to ensure building was evacuated and the fire spread with smoke blocking their exit.  

they went back into the apartment due to the smoke and were forced to exit out a third storyvwindow. they put

themseles at risk to ensure civilians were out

Visitor brings some amazing facts to this blog....

I am surprised the training allows them to be put at risk.

Things look different when you're not sitting behind a keyboard...

Things look different when you're not sitting behind a keyboard...

..................and things look different when you're not the gazetto reporter!!

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Things look different when you're not sitting behind a keyboard...

Yeah I know. I'm not trying to try to screw over people and expecting undeserved sympathy and respect when I'm sitting behind a keyboard.

They weren't looking for sympathy.  The reporter wrote the story - they didn't.

My response was to the assertion that everything a first responder does in an emergency situatuion can be scripted and planned out.

Screw people over - yeah that's what the police are all about....

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Things look different when you're not sitting behind a keyboard...

As he's playing on the internet while at work...

Playing ? No - dispelling misinformation. You hypocrite.  Do you care what the people are doing if they agree with you?  

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Playing ? No - dispelling misinformation. You hypocrite.  Do you care what the people are doing if they agree with you?  

LOL - that's not in your job description.