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Some critics say the Current System of testing them doesnt go far enough. The cladding at Lakanal House in south london was judged to have intensified the blaze there eight years ago. An architect who gave evidence at the inquest of the six people who died there says promises of action led nowhere. He fears the same could happen again this time. What are politicians for . What are these inquiries for . When Something Like Lakanal House happens, they are all eager to go on television saying lesso...

Some critics say the Current System of testing them doesnt go far enough. The cladding at Lakanal House in south london was judged to have intensified the blaze there eight years ago. An architect who gave evidence at the inquest of the six people who died there says promises of action led nowhere. He fears the same could happen again this time. What are politicians for . What are these inquiries for . When Something Like Lakanal House happens, they are all eager to go on television saying lesso...

Some critics say the Current System of testing them doesnt go far enough. The cladding at Lakanal House in south london was judged to have intensified the blaze there eight years ago. An architect who gave evidence at the inquest of the six people who died there says promises of action led nowhere. He fears the same could happen again this time. What are politicians for . What are these inquiries for . When Something Like Lakanal House happens, they are all eager to go on television saying lesso...

Some critics say the Current System of testing them doesnt go far enough. The cladding at Lakanal House in south london was judged to have intensified the blaze there eight years ago. An architect who gave evidence at the inquest of the six people who died there says promises of action led nowhere. He fears the same could happen again this time. What are politicians for . What are these inquiries for . When Something Like Lakanal House happens, they are all eager to go on television saying lesso...

Damaged and we may have leaks as well. i dont know the status of those. >> can you talk more about this petro chemical aid and what are they doing? are they on the ground? >> all of the refineries and other oil industry petro chemical industry companies that have a presence here in the county have some degree of firefighting capability. it ranges depending on the size of their facilities and what the risks are. each of these companies contributes to this organization, firefighters, specialized f...

Rescue special operations. this is one of the vehicles with which youre going to be expanding once people call you after the hurricane comes through. whats on board here and why are you going to be using this equipment. >> pretty much what happens with when truck, we come out and survey with some of our smaller vehicles, in the event of collapse, small space, we have equipment on here to shore up a collapsed building, access a victim stuck in a small confined space area. we have more indepth equ...

Are gathering information at this time. >> is there a history of trouble here in the delaware river in philadelphia with these boats? >> well, what i can tell you is that we do safety inspection every year on these vessels and we do a very extensive exam, including checking the navigation, and drills and exercises, firefighting capability, and inspect the vessels to make sure they are running the drug testing program. we believe they are safe and if they were not safe, we would not give them a c...