The Fire You May Not Be Ready to Fight with Steve Lohr

Just about every area served by fire departments includes a large warehouse or two. If you drive by it, I am sure you wonder how well your department would deal with a fire inside it.But in the last few years, truly massive warehouses have started to appear. These monsters aren’t measured in square feet, they're measured in acres of land covered.If anything—from a fire to a natural disaster—brings you to one of them, your department may well be unable to deal with the situation.That’s why today’s guest says you must prepare well in advance for a mega-warehouse fire.Steve Lohr is the fire chief in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 2014, he retired as chief of the Montgomery County, Maryland Fire-Rescue Department after a 30-year career.