圣路易斯市消防队长特劳尔获卓越服务奖：连夜自制接头恢复85个以上遭破坏消火栓
跟进：密苏里州圣路易斯市消息：密苏里州圣路易斯市市长卡拉·斯宾塞与消防局长丹尼斯·詹克森 10 月 30 日上午在消防局总部，向消防队长布拉德利·特劳尔颁发市府卓越服务奖，表彰他连夜想办法让 85 个以上遭破坏的消火栓恢复使用。
此前，窃贼为变卖废品偷走了这些消火栓的黄铜阀门，导致消火栓无法使用，周边社区一度失去可靠的消防用水；特劳尔连夜设计并制作了一种应急接头，让消防员能够接上受损消火栓，从而恢复了这些社区的消防保护。斯宾塞市长称赞说，特劳尔“看到社区面临威胁，连夜就解决了问题”，“他没有等待长期方案，而是自己动手做了一个”。消防局长詹克森说，无法使用的消火栓会让所有人处于危险之中，特劳尔立刻意识到危险并拿出了消防分队可以马上使用的实际办法。
市府首席运营官本·琼森表示，铜与黄铜盗窃已成为全市日益严重的基建问题，近几个月给公共安全带来重大风险，此前沿伊兹桥与河滨地区 Leonor K. Sullivan 大道的电线盗窃也导致部分路灯熄灭。市府已向废品收购商发出警告，收购此类赃物将面临严重后果。
来源：GSM·美国
Missouri: St. Louis Fire Captain Trower Receives Excellence in Service Award on Oct. 30 for Restoring More Than 85 Vandalized Hydrants
Follow-up: St. Louis, Missouri — Mayor Cara Spencer and Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson presented the city's Excellence in Service Award to Fire Captain Bradley Trower at fire department headquarters on the morning of Oct. 30, honoring him for devising an emergency adapter overnight that put more than 85 vandalized fire hydrants back into service.
Thieves had stolen the hydrants' brass valves to sell as scrap, leaving them unusable and surrounding neighborhoods without dependable fire water. Spencer praised Trower, saying he 'saw a threat to our neighborhoods and solved it overnight' and 'didn't wait for a long-term fix — he built one.' Jenkerson said a hydrant that doesn't work puts everyone at risk, and that Trower recognized the danger immediately and produced a practical fix his companies could use right away.
Chief Operating Officer Ben Jonsson said copper and brass theft has become a growing citywide infrastructure problem that has created major public safety risks in recent months, noting that earlier wire thefts along the Eads Bridge and Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard on the riverfront had knocked out some street lights. The city has warned scrap dealers that buying such stolen metal will bring serious consequences.
Source: GSM·America
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