Why does
commissioner want to punish her fire department?
2000 people signed
partition wanting Seminole County Commissioner Brenda Carey to apologize!
Politician upset
over grocery store run by firefighters
However, my
follower/friends!
In the Norwich/New
London County Connecticut area, when the firemen show up to a Beit Brothers
store in New London and Montville, the store pays the tax on whatever they buy
and customers in the store when they show up would buy goodies to drop off at
the fire house !
Why was Brenda Carey
following the trucks around town until they stopper at Winn-Dixie, is this part
of the job of a County Commissioner or does Brenda Carey have a problem with a
fireman?
We shop at many
Winn-Dixie's and when a Fire truck shows up they are in their truck and have
their radios with them on and working with others in the truck while running,
if you think about it for a minute, this would be a faster time at the fire
because the truck is already out and all for the firemen are dressed to go!
Politician upset
over grocery store run by firefighters
Trip To Grocery
Store In Fire Truck Draws Attention From Local Politician
Commissioner Brenda
Carey of Seminole County, Florida, recently sent a text message to firefighters
complaining that they were using a fire truck to drive to a grocery store while
on the clock. Carey followed the crew from the firehouse to a Winn-Dixie that
is less than a mile away.
WFTV reported that
one of the firefighters, who wished to remain anonymous, said that cooking
during a 24-hour shift is normal. The firefighter said, “I just feel it’s very
petty.”
When asked about
what he felt about Carey following the truck, the firefighter said: “It's just
kind of disheartening, you know? We take a lot of pride in the Seminole
County Fire Department, and I think we do a really good job."
While the
firefighters said that the grocery store run was a normal and necessary event,
Carey disagreed.
“I see the FF's are
still making grocery runs with our expensive-to-operate vehicles,” she wrote.
“I thought the policy had been changed to only allow them to stop when
returning from a call. I followed this one from the station to the turn in for
the grocery store. Disappointed.”
WFTV reporter Tim
Barber examined the firefighter’s policy and found that it says, “It shall be a
priority to coordinate grocery runs with other business-related trips ..."
The firefighters
said they had their gear with them in case they were called while at the
grocery store.
WFTV later reported
that the firefighters would not be disciplined.