MEMORIAL SERVICE SET FOR DALLAS FIRE LIEUTENANT TODD KRODLE

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Memorial services are set for Dallas Fire Lt. Todd W. Krodle who died in

the Line of Duty on Sunday at an apartment complex will be held Friday in

Greenville.

The funeral for Krodle will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Highland Terrace

Baptist Church in Greenville and burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial

Park.

===THE BUILDINGS IN THAT COMPLEX HAVE A (Lack Of) SAFETY HISTORY

The apartment complex where he died has a history of " numerous and

persistent " code violations. Lt. Krodle fell through that second story roof of

the

Ridgecrest Terrace Apartments on Sunday. It took obvious time for DFR

Firefighters to rescue him from the burning unit below, and he was later

pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

The fire was one of two fires at the complex Sunday that were both blamed

on electrical problems. Tenants and outreach workers who helped residents

with landlord complaints said better attention to ongoing maintenance

problems could have prevented the fires and the roof accident. Residents of

both

apartments that burned Sunday said they complained to the landlord about

electrical problems before.

Problems with the roof are among the concerns noted in city inspection

records as recently as August 2010. The city filed lawsuits in 2004 and 2008

against a prior owner of the property for code violations. A February 2009

aerial photo of the property available at the Dallas County Appraisal

District website shows a dozen blue tarps on roofs of the property, evidently

to

cover leaks. The 2008 lawsuit was settled in 2009 and a January 2010 city

inspection found problems had been corrected. But an August 2010 inspection

found numerous problems again, including the roof issues on several

buildings. At that point, the property was sent to the city's SAFE team for

more

intense inspections. The SAFE team includes police officers, fire inspectors

and code enforcement officers who review crime prevention and code

enforcement issues.

Records show the property was transferred to a new owner in September

2010, Potomac Realty Capital in Boston. Deputy Fire Chief Sipes said the

new owners have been cooperating with the city and a May 2011 inspection

found that problems had been corrected. Residents said they had complained to

the landlord but not to the city about their recent electrical complaints.

Roof defects were obvious from the ground at other parts of the complex

Monday. It is certainly unclear at this point whether the above discussed

building issues played any role in Lt. Krodle's death.

Take Care-BE CAREFUL.

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