Firefighters around the country are instructed on how to respond to violent scenarios -- wait for police to securethescene so that the firefighters can do their jobs saving lives and property -- but that instruction presumes the firefighter has already noticed something amiss, Stittleburg said.
In his Wednesday evening address, Bush said he would send more than 20, 000 additional troops to help the embattled government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki secure Baghdad, thescene of intense sectarian violence, and other regions roiled by the Sunni-backed insurgency.
The Coast Guard has closed the shipping channel for one nautical mile around thescene while fire and Coast Guard crews work on a plan to securethe heavily damaged barges.