Cyanide toxicity in smoke inhalation victims. news-medical. August 18, 2009. "If commercial flying had as many civilian fatalities as those relating to smoke and fire, there would be a public revolt," said Rob Schnepp, CPTC president and assistant chief of special operations for the Alameda County Fire Department in California. "The numbers aren’t going down, and this tells me that we aren’t addressing the problem adequately.[ See ]