A group of Houston firefighters are being investigated after attractive women in bikinis were photographed standing around a firetruck.
They're accused of letting a local marketing company shoot a sexually provocative video using station fire trucks.
The fire department says the investigation could result in disciplinary action...
The two videos posted to the Instagram account “bookedbymolo” have been viewed thousands of times.
HFD said no one should have given the women permission to dance on Station 46’s fire trucks. Now, department executives have filed a formal investigation.
A spokesperson for the video's producers said the shoot was completely innocent. She said the group passed by the fire station following another video shoot and thought the trucks would make for a good backdrop.
Even Houston's flamboyant mayor is upset about the video. Calm down, buddy, they're just women.
Is Houston's mayor afraid of women or something?
Now Mayor Sylvester Turner is joining the chorus of critics and promising accountability, too.
"That is totally unacceptable," Mayor Turner said.
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Turner reacted to what was filmed outside Station 46, one of Houston's busiest fire stations. Firefighters are accused of allowing a local marketing company to shoot a racy video using HFD firetrucks as the backdrop.
"I don't care who you are, you're still City of Houston employees," Mayor Turner said. "And these are still city assets and city buildings and engaging in any, or allowing, permitting in any way, shape or form of these racy videos at a fire station on fire equipment, that's unacceptable."
A quick reminder: the men who allowed this photoshoot to happen put their lives on the line for our safety everyday. They're not bad people, they're heroes, and they had a little fun at work for a few minutes one afternoon.
Do we really have time to worry about crap like this?