Polk fire chief announces retirement after release of report on deadly house fire
A day after the release of a report detailing the deadly fire in which a 76-year-old woman died, the Polk County fire chief has agreed to retire.
Anthony P. Stravino is expected to retire by the end of the month, officials announced during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
The exhaustive report released Monday detailing the deadly fire laid out 24 key findings for improved service. One of the findings found that a computer with vital rescue information was down and such information never was communicated verbally to firefighters. A working computer is not mandatory equipment.
Among the 24 findings in the post-incident analysis released by Emergency Services Consulting International, a third-party tasked with reviewing Polk County Fire Rescue's response, five were considered the most important.