Questions arise in the Detroit Fire Department after a woman was electrocuted by a downed power line. Should Detroit firefighters stay with downed power lines until utility crews arrive with a fix? Protocol says yes, but a recently-issued policy says no.
Now, a woman is dead after touching an unattended line in an alley. The fire commissioner says this is about making sure resources and manpower are not bogged down and are able to respond to other calls. But sources say this is the first time the department has gone in this direction - and it is a turn for the worse. "To me, they should've notified or had somebody there until they fixed the wire," said Willie Smith. "(Or) had somebody been there to make sure that nobody could get around the wire, that's what they should've done."