Broken-down gear for saving lives
Saturday, May 29, 2004
When Cape Girardeau fire chief Richard Ennis took his job three months ago, he asked one of the firefighters in charge of equipment to put a breathing apparatus in his official car. When he saw it, he said he was surprised to see that it was the same model that he trained on when he was a rookie firefighter in school 22 years ago.
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