Behind the Badge
Anaheim Fire & Rescue adds part-time Spanish-speaking PIO
0Anaheim residents will soon be seeing more of Firefighter/Paramedic Franky Mora. After 16 years at Anaheim Fire & Rescue, Mora is taking on a new role in addition to his firefighter/paramedic job duties: as-needed Spanish-speaking public information officer (PIO). As a PIO, he’ll speak to Spanish media about major events and fire education, such as a recent incident in which a car ran into a gas pump and the pump caught fire. Mora has been on the Hazardous Materials Response Team for 13 years and has been a medic for three years. “I’ve kind of done a little bit of…
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