On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee
Posted on August 29 at 9:01 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
What would having more applicants do? Cause new people to feel the same frustration!?! Do people not realize that we the tax payers are paying for the training ans schooling of all of the firefighters? Because one person is an idiot it will cost "us" more money and potentially harm or a major loss on our properties and/or families! People need to pull their heads out and make things better! FAST!
On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee
Posted on August 27 at 7:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I can tell you that I know for a fact that Mr. Iverson had to have extensive surgery that caused his retirement. It was not what he wanted to do but, had to do. As for Mr. Boss taking the position I cannot answer that question as I am not part of the department.
On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee
Posted on August 27 at 6:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Letting go of one asst. chief for another is a big part of the problem. The problem is going from one asst. chief who cares and does the job correctly to going to the new asst. who's only care is barking orders and causing potential harm and loss. Wouldn't you have a hard time letting go to if you were in that situation? I would!
On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee
Posted on August 27 at 3:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I really wish that this issue would be resolved quickly. How many firefighters have to quit or how many people have to die in a fire because of someone that is on a power trip because of his position? I know 90% of this fire department and can tell you that it was an very close knit family until Asst. Chief Iverson retired. I wish the "mannequins" in power would see that one particular person is causing a disaster happen to a very good department and community. I know Mr. Iverson very closely and I can tell you that he never acted in a manner like Mr. Boss has acted. I know that so many people looked up to Mr. Iverson and for the most part he ran the entire department as if he were the chief but, he was only the Assistant Chief! Maybe Mr. Iverson should be the chief and get this situation worked out. Let good men like Mr. Morgan and Mr. Kinney do what they love to do and let them retire in respect instead of having to turn their backs in disgust on what used to be precious to them! Why is it so hard for people to realize that one bad apple is starting the whole orchard on fire?!? Should the firefighters resign if Mr. Boss stays in this position? Yes! Would you be able to live with the thought that a family just died in a house fire because some Napoleon complexed wanna be god wouldn't let FULLY TRAINED grown people do what they live for, save lives? I can tell you that if it were my place on fire or any other type of disaster and I found out that something could have been done better there would be a civil suit. Open your eyes and eliminate the problem!
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On Darien firefighters want chief to take action against troublesome employee
Posted on August 30 at 6:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
justawelder, I understand what you are saying about employees, officers and anyone else that you mentioned. However the topic at hand is the fire department! No I am not a taxpayer in Darien. My family lives there and I grew up there. Do I need to be a citizen of a particular town to be concerned? Doesn't living there for 3/4's of my life justify my right to have a concern about a situation? Also, before you go taking a stab at me and my knowledge of things maybe you should know who I am. First off don't insult my intelligence! I do know how much the schooling costs! I know the time involved and the amount of training and schooling. By saying that it's just a small cost is just making yourself look uneducated on the topic. As for the the corn fest, I can tell you that the corn stand itself is ran and set up by firefighters and volunteers. This means that no one is being paid to take care of the corn stand. Do you go there and work or do you go there to eat the corn? I'm guessing you eat there for free and complain about it. I can tell you that I have worked at the corn stand for many years for free! Many people that work at corn fest are not compensated for their time, they do it free to help support their community. You're correct maybe they do need to look for higher qualified people for the EMS. These people need to be in control! Darien needs to stop losing qualified people because of one person. No I haven't had to wait a half an hour for EMS to respond. They were always when needed. I guess the half an hour wait does probably hold true now seeing Mr. Boss' standards of how a call is to be handled. So please "justawelder" next time you want to take a stab at someone or question someone's intelligence maybe you should stop doing here in an opinionated ran comment section and do it towards the Asst. Chief in question.
PS. someone said that "infarctfighter" should stop using caps. Maybe he shouldn't if it is his opinion and he is expressing how angry he is with his typing! I congratulate him for stating what he believes in regardless of how anyone else feels. We need more people like that!