For South Carolina’s查尔斯顿消防局, change has come rapidly and in the most difficult of ways. After thedeaths of nine firefighters在Sofa Super Store fireon June 18, 2007, the部has remade itself in ways both dramatic and inspiring. For the first time, the nation’s fire service gets a close-up view of those changes through the eyes of company officers, command staff, peer counselors, community leaders and survivors in a new documentary called “Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice”.
由Statter911 Communications和Greg Guise Media制作的国家堕落消防员基金会（NFFF），half-hour video关注一些消防员s describe as a generation’s worth of operational changes in just five years, all geared to the safety of firefighters and the public. BattalionChiefMark Davis puts it this way, “Our name is still the same. Everything else has changed.”
Such change doesn’t come easy and without significant challenges. Firefighters are quick to credit the leadership of Chief Tom Carr. The video looks at Chief Carr’s management style and how he simultaneously dealt with his own challenge of a debilitating disease. Chief Carr, who was interviewed for the film, was able to view the final version about six weeks before his death last month at age 59.
“代表城市的勤奋成员查尔斯顿消防局, we hope you will view this video with an eye on what has been accomplished by the department to honor the sacrifice of the Charleston 9 and the dedicated leadership of the late Chief Tom Carr. I am proud to be a part of the legacy of progress our members forge every day,” commented Chief Karen E. Brack.
“Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice” also shows the important work in the area of behavioral health as peer counselors helped firefighters deal with the loss of close friends and co-workers.
NFFF执行董事Ronald J. Siarnicki酋长说：“我们非常感谢与查尔斯顿消防局相关的每个人，他们愿意分享他们的见解和经验。”“从失去九名勇敢的消防员中学到的经验教训，悲剧的后果和卡尔首席领导人的惊人进步对消防部门来说是无价的。”
View the video athttp://youtu.be/mqiRN9rygoI.
