VIDEO: Their trucks and equipment may look the same – they’re all firefighters and emergency service personnel but they’re not all the same when it comes to the way they respond. This can cause some confusion.
That confusion was seen following the huge fire in St. Matthews in June. The fire destroyed a commercial building and created questions about who responds to what areas.
St. Matthews Fire, which is less than one mile from the scene, says they couldn’t respond because the fire was in the Louisville Fire Protection District, even though some Louisville Fire crews had to come from much further away.
Chief Adam Jones, the president of the Jefferson County Fire Chiefs Association, said the problems are more common than you think.
“It's really these smaller runs that we deal with every single day that don't hit the media's attention, but really those are the ones that really come down to more life or death because they are medical responses," he said.
But it's not as easy as telling everyone to just work together.