Fish uses expertise to help with Washington fire investigations

Posted on September 11, 2015

By SUSAN H. LINCOLN  / Managing Editor

Fighting fires is a way of life for John Fish.

In his newest role as fire chief for the State of Florida, Fish recently found himself across the nation in the state of Washington which has experienced an unprecedented fire season and too much tragedy, too.

Fish was part of a Learning/Investigative Team dispatched to study one of these fires, the Twisp River Fire–and the lives it claimed–from all angles: the fire’s behavior, the equipment used, the protective gear of firefighters, the damage, the strategies and tactics, as well as preventative measures for the future.

PHOTO: As fire chief for the State of Florida, Perry’s John Fish traveled to Washington to investigate deaths attributed to that state’s unprecedented fire season. 

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