-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Lipsett [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:29 PM
To: John Hoffman
Subject: Re: Report
Thanks, Chief.
I will give you a call.
John Hoffman wrote:
> Jack, Call me on my cell... 856-297-4335... maybe I can meet you somewhere
> and hand the info off to you... and yes, I'm aware that its getting
fun...
> some of my fire service counterparts are all discussing and behind closed
> doors, disappointed with the brethren firefighters who are too bull headed
> to sit down and compromise... and no one I've talked to, even people who
> have been long time associated in one way or another can figure out why
the
> hell GCFD has 6 career chief officers...
>
> Even for a department of our size, we currently have 6 volunteer chief
> officers and 1 career chief officer... and we are modifying that a bit
later
> this year going to 2 career chief officers and 4 volunteer chief
officers...
> currently besides me serving as the only career chief officer, we have 3
> career captains... and they all have ancillary duties besides their
> supervisory rolls... as do I...
>
> I not only serve as the fire chief, but I'm also the fire official (fire
> marshal), one Captain is also the department wide training officer and he
> supervises the maintenance shop, another Captain supervises and is in
charge
> of all of our facilities and grounds including lawn equipment, buildings
> etc... and another Captain is in charge of all of our public education
> programs and he supervises a firefighter on his crew who is our department
> quartermaster... and this Captain is also our lead Safety officer for the
> department... and he is also assigned to the fire investigation unit...
>
> I think the most disturbing thing I keep hearing about your department is
> that the career and volunteer staff still have done nothing to improve the
> training and fire ground coordination between the two components since the
> horrible July 4th tragedy... everyone all around South Jersey know its
just
> a matter of time before it happens again, and nothing has been fixed in
that
> regard... it bothers me, because I hate going to funerals... and I've done
> quite a few of them... both sides in your department seem to hate each
other
> so badly, they refuse to work together to accomplish the mission... each
are
> so jealous of the other they cloud their mission with emotions... and both
> have to get over it or someone is going to get killed again...
>
> Please call me...
>
> John
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