A Denver Fire Department report following the July death of firefighter John Whelan calls for numerous changes including a dedicated safety officer, better internal information flow, and a variety of warnings to firefighters about the kind of lightweight skylight Whelan fell through on June 28, reports CBS Denver.
The veteran firefighter stepped through a fiberglass skylight on a warehouse roof in North Denver as he helped deal with a dumpster fire. Whelan died in July due to the injuries received in that 25-foot fall.
The Denver Fire Department issued a 25-page Post Incident Analysis and outlined numerous steps the department has taken, and will continue to take, to prevent a reoccurrence of the kind of incident that cost Whelan his life.
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