Letter: Firefighters' 24-Hour Shift Is A 'Complete Disaster'
Former Town Councilor Chuck Brennan urges residents to email the current council.
To the editor, What is going on between the Town of North Kingstown and the North Kingstown Fire Department? Relations have been bad for the last year when the Town Council forced the firefighters to work 24 hour shifts but things could have changed for the better this week. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. The first thing that happened was that the Town Council took up the issue of the new fireboat again. Last year the previous council, of which I was a member, took up the issue during several meetings. The fire department obtained a homeland security grant of $830,000 to purchase a new boat. Our council voted to approve the purchase after several meetings and discussion and the boat was ordered. One person emailed the council after …
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NK_Voter
9:46 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Define "call." Is a "call" a response? And even so, what does that come out to--an average of 4.5 calls in a 24 hr period? And the FF's work 10 days a month? And how many of those where for the paramedics? The vast majority? I understand that it's a great job with benefits few dream of. I understand they want the gravy train to keep running. I can't afford their desires, however. Especially as … more ›