Comment on New safety operations urged in wake of Southwest Inn fire

A draft copy of a Houston Fire Department report reveals new details about the motel fire last year that killed four firefighters and makes numerous recommendations to improve safety. The 193-page report includes more than 200 recommendations for improving the safety of operations, such as clarifying who should give orders during emergency recovery operations, giving stern warnings to follow existing procedures, and adding bar codes to all equipment so it can be linked to an individual firefighter in the case of a death.