Firefighters not fighting fires - they're handing out fliers
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 1000 firefighters came down to the Gulf area to, well, fight fires.Many of the firefighters, assembled from Utah and throughout the United States by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thought they were going to be deployed as emergency workers.The article ends with this:Instead, they have learned they are going to be community-relations officers for FEMA, shuffled throughout the Gulf Coast region to disseminate fliers and a phone number: 1-800-621-FEMA.
On Monday, some firefighters stuck in the staging area at the Sheraton peeled off their FEMA-issued shirts and stuffed them in backpacks, saying they refuse to represent the federal agency.
But as specific orders began arriving to the firefighters in Atlanta, a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana. The crew's first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas.Thanks to Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo for pointing this out.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 7:14 AM
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