Fond du Lac, WI (WTAQ) – Fond du Lac firefighters and paramedics completed training this week for a piece of equipment that is growing more necessary.
The department bought 25 sets of body armor that can be used during active shooter situations. Assistant Fire Chief Todd Janquart says waiting until it’s completely safe could mean a loss of lives.
“law enforcement will address the immediate shooter threat and clear areas for E-M-S and law enforcement to go in together”
Januquart says the body armor weighs about 22 pounds and it’s not too restrictive. Like a lot of their equipment…it’s for saving lives.
“part of this initiative is to provide our personnel with the greatest amount of protection”
Over the past five years Fond du Lac has had three incidents where police officers were shot at, and two of them were killed. When office Craig Birkholz was killed during a standoff in March of 2011 bullet holes were found in an ambulance standing by at the scene.
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