Lt. Christopher Cooke, 50, of Engine Co. 254, was on the second floor of the firehouse one day last March when a report of a blaze came in.
He leapt into action and onto the pole - and found himself unable to control his descent, he claims in a Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit.
The Avenue U firehouse was being cleaned when someone splashed the fire pole with water, said Cooke’s lawyer, Vito Cannavo. Cooke is seeking unspecified damages.
2 comments:
50 and will not cut it much longer unless promoted sees mealticket and jumps at it.
They _really_ still use fire poles? Seriously? Didn't these go out with the demise of silent movies?
If you want a quick exit from an upper story, replace the fire poles with a slide. Geez.
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