Posted On: May 16, 2008, 3:31 pm CDT

Posted By: Fireman's Wife

It is indeed a very real risk that fire fighters face every day on the job. However as with any job you should be properly trained & have the proper equipment to do your job. Without those 2 things, you are poorly equiped to fight fire. That said, the building owner/furniture company has pieced together 4 separate buildings by several unpermitted structures. Had they obtained permits & approval for their plans, the Charleston fire code would have required them to install a sprinkler system in the entire structure. It is this negligence that was a disaster waiting to happen. The 272 page report details how the building was pieced together over time. It seems fairly clear that the company chose to performed the unpermitted work in order to avoid the expense of the sprinkler system. Do you think it was worth the lives of 9 men?