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Pittsburgh Local 5 members are being credited with saving dozens of local senior citizens from a fire that tore through a nursing home June 25.
Community College of Allegheny County instructor Tammy Miller was teaching a class of 24 IBEW members when some of the students spotted trouble at the senior living facility next door.
We were on break and some of students were standing outside when they noticed smoke coming from the neighboring building, Miller said. I then said oh my God, thats a nursing home and they made off like a swarm of bees for the building.
The fire had started on the roof, so no alarms or sprinklers were set off. Most of the residents were not even aware there was a fire.
http://www.ibew.org/articles/13daily/1306/130628_PAfire.htm
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Those apprentices are from the Clearfield County training facility, which is between Du Bois, State College, and Altoona. We have more than 2 dozen counties in Local 5.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,741 posts)We got it covered!
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)but the print edition must have been printed already, so it wasn't covered there.
I got an AFL e-mail today that had the story, but you tipped me to the news first. Thanks.