The fire department could have done ALOT more to save this. It was as if they were not giving a serious effort into saving the building, but instead only concentrating on the building next door.
I was there that night with a buddy who is a fire cheif for another town watching the fire. He totally agrees. When we got there, the fire appeared to be somewhat minor, yet instead of putting water on it, the Owosso FD concentrated only on the roof, and the building next door. No wonder they keep letting these histroical buildings burn to the ground. After the bowling alley incident which they handled horribly, it just makes the department look worse.
There were only two hoses on the fire most of the night, like I said concentrating only on the roof, and the bank next door. they never allowed firefighters into the building,supposedly due to the roof trusses that are known to weeken in intense heat, yet the stage house, and front of the building under the projection booth would have been safe, at least in the early stages. Instead nothing AT ALL was done to save the building, instead, they had two hoses, and 150firefighters (most of whome were just standing around watching), spraying the roof. that was it, nothing else.
I gotta say that I am downright upset they let the building burn down without putting the least bit effort into saving this wonderful theater. Whats next? the woodard building? They obviously dont care about saving historic structures. If you look at the FD’s track record in the past five years, it is absolutely horrible. in each fire in a historic building, it has burned to the ground without much effort given to saving the buildings, rather, just in keeping it from spreading to nearby buildings. Maybe this is their plan at revitalizing the downtown area; let everything burn and put up nice new ugly buildigngs with no character.
The fire department could have done ALOT more to save this. It was as if they were not giving a serious effort into saving the building, but instead only concentrating on the building next door.
I was there that night with a buddy who is a fire cheif for another town watching the fire. He totally agrees. When we got there, the fire appeared to be somewhat minor, yet instead of putting water on it, the Owosso FD concentrated only on the roof, and the building next door. No wonder they keep letting these histroical buildings burn to the ground. After the bowling alley incident which they handled horribly, it just makes the department look worse.
There were only two hoses on the fire most of the night, like I said concentrating only on the roof, and the bank next door. they never allowed firefighters into the building,supposedly due to the roof trusses that are known to weeken in intense heat, yet the stage house, and front of the building under the projection booth would have been safe, at least in the early stages. Instead nothing AT ALL was done to save the building, instead, they had two hoses, and 150firefighters (most of whome were just standing around watching), spraying the roof. that was it, nothing else.
I gotta say that I am downright upset they let the building burn down without putting the least bit effort into saving this wonderful theater. Whats next? the woodard building? They obviously dont care about saving historic structures. If you look at the FD’s track record in the past five years, it is absolutely horrible. in each fire in a historic building, it has burned to the ground without much effort given to saving the buildings, rather, just in keeping it from spreading to nearby buildings. Maybe this is their plan at revitalizing the downtown area; let everything burn and put up nice new ugly buildigngs with no character.
The fire department could have done ALOT more to save this. It was as if they were not giving a serious effort into saving the building, but instead only concentrating on the building next door.
I was there that night with a buddy who is a fire cheif for another town watching the fire. He totally agrees. When we got there, the fire appeared to be somewhat minor, yet instead of putting water on it, the Owosso FD concentrated only on the roof, and the building next door. No wonder they keep letting these histroical buildings burn to the ground. After the bowling alley incident which they handled horribly, it just makes the department look worse.
There were only two hoses on the fire most of the night, like I said concentrating only on the roof, and the bank next door. they never allowed firefighters into the building,supposedly due to the roof trusses that are known to weeken in intense heat, yet the stage house, and front of the building under the projection booth would have been safe, at least in the early stages. Instead nothing AT ALL was done to save the building, instead, they had two hoses, and 150firefighters (most of whome were just standing around watching), spraying the roof. that was it, nothing else.
I gotta say that I am downright upset they let the building burn down without putting the least bit effort into saving this wonderful theater. Whats next? the woodard building? They obviously dont care about saving historic structures. If you look at the FD’s track record in the past five years, it is absolutely horrible. in each fire in a historic building, it has burned to the ground without much effort given to saving the buildings, rather, just in keeping it from spreading to nearby buildings. Maybe this is their plan at revitalizing the downtown area; let everything burn and put up nice new ugly buildigngs with no character.
The fire department could have done ALOT more to save this. It was as if they were not giving a serious effort into saving the building, but instead only concentrating on the building next door.
I was there that night with a buddy who is a fire cheif for another town watching the fire. He totally agrees. When we got there, the fire appeared to be somewhat minor, yet instead of putting water on it, the Owosso FD concentrated only on the roof, and the building next door. No wonder they keep letting these histroical buildings burn to the ground. After the bowling alley incident which they handled horribly, it just makes the department look worse.
There were only two hoses on the fire most of the night, like I said concentrating only on the roof, and the bank next door. they never allowed firefighters into the building,supposedly due to the roof trusses that are known to weeken in intense heat, yet the stage house, and front of the building under the projection booth would have been safe, at least in the early stages. Instead nothing AT ALL was done to save the building, instead, they had two hoses, and 150firefighters (most of whome were just standing around watching), spraying the roof. that was it, nothing else.
I gotta say that I am downright upset they let the building burn down without putting the least bit effort into saving this wonderful theater. Whats next? the woodard building? They obviously dont care about saving historic structures. If you look at the FD’s track record in the past five years, it is absolutely horrible. in each fire in a historic building, it has burned to the ground without much effort given to saving the buildings, rather, just in keeping it from spreading to nearby buildings. Maybe this is their plan at revitalizing the downtown area; let everything burn and put up nice new ugly buildigngs with no character.