Lt. Gary Rogers with the D.C. Fire Department, right, uses a fire hose to wash dried blood off the sidewalk in front of the Tyler House Apartments in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW where 11 people were injured in a drive-by shooting, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 11, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Lt. Gary Rogers with the D.C. Fire Department, right, uses a fire hose to wash dried blood off the sidewalk in front of the Tyler House Apartments in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW where 11 people were injured in a drive-by shooting, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 11, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Lt. Robert Alvarado (right) of the D.C. Fire Department speaks to fellow firefighters before entering Mayor Vincent C. Gray's State of the District address Tuesday at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Lt. Robert Alvarado (right) of the D.C. Fire Department speaks to fellow firefighters before entering Mayor Vincent C. Gray's State of the District address Tuesday at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. Firefighters made no overt political statements before the speech after many participated in a walkout Jan. 24 protesting department leadership issues. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
D.C Fire Department spokesman Lon Walls has said on his personal Facebook and Twitter accounts that a firefighters' walkout from Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's Jan. 24 State of the Department speech was racist. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Charles Hottinger, at center, vice president of IAFF Local 36, talks with Rick Moore, who served as a lieutenant in Engine Co. 24 during his career with the D.C. Fire Department, during Engine Company 24's centennial celebration in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 27, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
Lou Reid, from left, who served with Engine Co. 24 for 11 years, and Doug Wheeler, a 34-year veteran of the D.C. Fire Department and former Captain of Engine Co. 24, talk with Capt. Chris Sefton, at right, and his wife Stacy during Engine Company 24's centennial celebration. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
John Lockwood, a retired battalion fire chief in the D.C. Fire Department and former member of Engine Co. 24, speaks during Engine Company 24's centennial celebration. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
Firefighter Doug Wheeler, second from left, whose father is a 34-year veteran of the D.C. Fire Department and former captain of Engine Co. 24, stands with fellow Engine Co. 24 members during a centennial celebration. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
