Report Audits

We are really glad we are starting to receive a lot of email from our followers. Here is another issue sent to us. Maybe someone will listen to these firefighters, they seem to make some sense.

Some of you may not be aware of the fact that our fire fighters are being taxed with the task of auditing fire and EMS reports that our officer's cannot complete correctly. We are sending the fire fighters, not the officer's, to training on how to correctly fill out reports. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't our administration promote the most highly qualified individuals to lead our department? Why can't they correctly complete a report? How are they training their fire fighters to be an acting officer? There is nothing better to hear everyday from the battalion chief than "Have my reports been audited yet?" Not to mention that many of the auditors are at some of the busiest stations. So, between running calls, training, doing centrelearn, and RAPIDS it may be 7:00 at night before there is a chance to even look at the reports. I know you folks down at 201 are at home enjoying time with your families at this time, so this may be difficult for you to understand. To the operations and training staff. Why have our highly qualified leaders not been sent to training on proper reporting. Why are we taxing our fire fighters with this responsibility? If anyone has the facts, please enlighten us.  

Coming Soon!

Wish we knew how much these cost or how we are going to be disciplined for our driving infractions. But here is a nice coming attraction to the Zoll system.

Chief Thomas

Does anyone find it interesting that Staff Battalion Chief Tracy Thomas was hired for the position of Battalion Chief of ESU but now currently holds the position of Executive Officer?  At the time the position opened it was stated that there was no officer qualified in the department to run ESU.  Staff Battalion Chief Thomas was hired because of her experience and expertise in emergency services.  She has now been appointed to the position of Executive Officer to the Fire Chief.....  How is this even possible?


The city website defines this as

What does unclassified and classified employment mean?

Unclassified employees serve at the will of the appointing authority. Classified employees have grievance rights following the completion of their probationary period.

 What is going on with this department?  Someone please explain to me how an individual can be hired for a specifically defined position with specifically defined benefits(classified) and within a very short amount of time get a full retirement option(unclassified) and become second(first) in command.