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Fire and EMS at Odds in Cleveland, TN?
We see discussions about problems between fire departments and cops, but between fire departments and EMS?
Check this out: they actually called for the resignation of the chief over what appears to be an isolated incident, but look at how it was played up by the newspaper. WE become the big story when there is "trouble in paradise".
Is this the face that we want the public to see and read about?
Bradley mayor chides fire chief
Thursday, January 22, 2009
By:
Randall Higgins (Contact)
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County firefighters and their chief acted unprofessionally when they failed to help move an injured person at a crash scene, County Mayor D. Gary Davis said Wednesday.
But despite their conduct, the patient’s care was not compromised and the county likely won’t face liability, he said at a joint meeting of the county Fire Board and Emergency Services Committee.
Mr. Davis told Fire Chief Dewey Woody and EMS Director Danny Lawson they must work more closely together to solve communications problems between their departments.
He gave both until Feb. 16 to submit a written report addressing “all measures that have been taken to insure that this type of unprofessional conduct does not happen again.”
The meeting followed a call Tuesday by County Commissioner Ben Atchley Jr. for Chief Woody to resign or be fired.
Here is the link to the entire story: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jan/22/bradley-mayor-chides...
Check this out: they actually called for the resignation of the chief over what appears to be an isolated incident, but look at how it was played up by the newspaper. WE become the big story when there is "trouble in paradise".
Is this the face that we want the public to see and read about?
Bradley mayor chides fire chief
Thursday, January 22, 2009
By:
Randall Higgins (Contact)
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bradley County firefighters and their chief acted unprofessionally when they failed to help move an injured person at a crash scene, County Mayor D. Gary Davis said Wednesday.
But despite their conduct, the patient’s care was not compromised and the county likely won’t face liability, he said at a joint meeting of the county Fire Board and Emergency Services Committee.
Mr. Davis told Fire Chief Dewey Woody and EMS Director Danny Lawson they must work more closely together to solve communications problems between their departments.
He gave both until Feb. 16 to submit a written report addressing “all measures that have been taken to insure that this type of unprofessional conduct does not happen again.”
The meeting followed a call Tuesday by County Commissioner Ben Atchley Jr. for Chief Woody to resign or be fired.
Here is the link to the entire story: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jan/22/bradley-mayor-chides...
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And while we're at it, here's another punch to our "public face".
Look at all of the good work McAndrew did for LV and now?
Take a look:
Ex-Las Vegas fire official misused funds, police allege
Assistant sheriff says case involves $3,200
By ALAN MAIMON
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Police are seeking felony theft charges against a former Las Vegas fire official based on allegations he double-billed the city for travel and other expenses.
Tim McAndrew, who until last year was head of emergency management for the city of Las Vegas, is accused of misappropriating $3,200, Assistant Sheriff Mike McClary said.
In a related investigation, federal authorities are looking into McAndrew's handling of federal homeland security grants.
"We were served with a subpoena last month by the FBI on behalf of the U.S. attorney's office for grant records spanning from 2000 to 2007," said Jim O'Brien, Clark County's emergency management director.
O'Brien's office is the clearinghouse for most emergency and anti-terrorism grants to the county and city.
Assistant District Attorney Christopher Lalli said the case submitted by Las Vegas police has been turned over to federal prosecutors.
U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Natalie Collins and FBI spokesman David Staretz declined comment on federal involvement in the probe.
McAndrew, 44, abruptly left his job as assistant fire chief in May amid an investigation of his spending practices. He spent most of his nearly eight years with the city leading local emergency preparedness efforts. His salary was about $110,000 when he left the Fire Department.
City of Las Vegas spokesman Jace Radke declined to say whether McAndrew resigned or was fired.
McAndrew, who is not in custody, did not return calls to his home seeking comment.
McClary wouldn't provide any additional details about the allegations against McAndrew, who would face between one and 10 years in prison if charged and convicted of felony theft in state court.
Various federal theft statutes carry a wide range of penalties.
McAndrew was among a group of emergency managers who helped shape Southern Nevada's terrorism prevention strategy after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
He was a member of the Local Emergency Planning Committee and served as an advisor to the Nevada Homeland Security Commission, the body that helps decide how the state's anti-terrorism grants are allocated.
McAndrew joined other officials in criticizing the Department of Homeland Security for not giving the Las Vegas area enough grant money in 2005.
Before coming to Las Vegas, McAndrew worked 15 years for the Folsom Fire Department in California, city records showed.
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