SFD Fire Chief Harold Scoggins launched an investigation in response to the find. 400tmax / GETTY
In an email sent to all members of the fire department last week, Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said a firefighter found a noose inside Seattle Fire Station 24, which he acknowledged as “the same station whose old patch with racist iconography was inadvertently used in the 2020 yearbook.”
The person who found the noose “brought it to the attention of their colleagues, and the officer on duty alerted leadership,” he wrote.
The department has since launched an investigation.
A fire department spokesperson confirmed the investigation but said
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