On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee

Posted on September 5 at 9:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Actually if this guy doesn't have his credentials why is he an assistant chief? Unless I'm mistaken you have to have all of your credentials before you can even be active....or that is how it logically should be. It completely defies logic as to how he can be an assistant chief if he doesn't even carry the basic credentials to be on the team regardless of any almost blatant conflict of interest. This situation should be looked into by whatever state powers oversee the local fire departments and sanctions should be taken. This is incredibly dangerous to the public at large and this incident should be proof of how bad it could be. I drove by that gas leak and by how it was cordoned off it looked like it could have taken out half of the town that day. I shudder at the thought of how bad it could be if something should happen at the school while my children are there and we have buffoons like this calling the shots from 8 minutes away.....instead of following protocol and letting those on the scene handle it until proper protocol can be established. I guarantee I would be looking at all legal actions and remedies immediately and not let this drag on through meetings that will more than likely never accomplish anything since this guy has power on the township board. Maybe that is the solution. All of those put in harms way should file some kind of class action suit against the town for being left in harms way. I have no idea what kind of actual footing there is for that, but I know if I worked at the bank, or the lumber yard, or any other business over there I would be outraged. For that matter almost anybody that lives on that side of town had potential loss involved if this would have went bad while this guy was trying to get his crap together.

On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee

Posted on August 31 at 10:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I have a few questions and concerns based on the article and all the comments that neither have addressed.

1st is Dan Boss on any kind of administrative leave? On any other team he would be on leave pending an investigation, but that doesn't seem to be the case. If he is not on leave and he is incompetent in his job it begs to question what other further damage can be caused by him being in his position.

2nd If he is on the city board should he not be ineligible to even hold this position? This seems like a case of gross conflict of interest. If he is in a position to boss the fire chief himself around outside of the firehouse there is no way he should be able to hold any position other than volunteer...and even that should be carefully reviewed.

I can feel the frustration of everyone on the fire department, past and present, under these circumstances. Anyone else anywhere else would be under extreme review and removed from the situation pending a full investigation. The whole political aspect of this and what appears to be a blatant conflict of interest is what bothers me the most. This is potentially a silent power struggle that is putting the community at risk.

And for those that mentioned the Favre saga.....this is the Favre saga in reverse. The team is being sacrificed for the prima dona, not the other way around....or at least that is how it appears, and that is from the wording in the article based on the circumstances. I would not want to put my neck on the line, or risk others lives for the sake of an assistant chief that doesn't follow protocol to be in charge when he isn't on the scene.