Council Member Mike Sullivan attended the Kingwood Service Association’s monthly Public Safety meeting, and brought with him Houston Fire Department Assistant Chief Bill Barry. Chief Barry presented and explained several pieces of equipment that Council Member Sullivan purchased for HFD with his surplus budget funds from last year. The items Chief Barry brought with him to present were a K-12 saw, cyanide kit, and thermal imager; Council Member Sullivan purchased several of these items for HFD, as well as fog fluid and plywood.
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Council Member Sullivan and Chief Barry discuss a cyanide kit which is now used by many fire departments and emergency rooms to save victims of smoke inhalation.
One of the K-12 saws that Council Member Sullivan bought the fire department. These saws are used to cut through roofs, and other thick materials that may block access to the firefighters.
Council Member Sullivan and Chief Barry at the August KSA Public Safety meeting to present supplies Council Member Sullivan purchased for HFD with his 2009 budget surplus.
