Firefighters are not hired based on their writing skills, or at least it’s not the number one consideration. And we appreciate all fire updates and status reports, knowing that the people composing them are pressed for time and don’t have the luxury of being wordsmiths. But I enjoyed reading an update posted on InciWeb this morning about a high-profile fire in California. Here are two excerpts:
Type one hand crews continue to play a significant roll in steep terrain line construction.
I have rolled down more than one piece of steep terrain while constructing line.
And…
Local Law enforcement recommend procationary measures.
They get points on the second one for completely making up a word. Any suggestions on what the definition of “procationary” should be? How about this: Proactively taking a vacation thinking that evacuations may be ordered later.
recommend procationary measures
s/procationary/precautionary/
they were close
Its always been a pet peeve of mein when folks cant get there spelling and punctuation write; use the wrong words and etc. It makes are hole profession appear less smart. Or something like that.