Beer-consuming firefighters behind firing: chief

Misc CDN | 206654 hits | Dec 16 10:12 pm | Posted by: Hyack

The former chief of the Squamish fire department says he was fired from his job for trying to put a stop to firefighters drinking alcohol at the city's two fire stations between emergency calls.

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by ridenrain
Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:24 am
I heard this on the radio and can't seriously believe anyone is supporting firemen drinking on the job.
by Gunnair
Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:37 am
I have several friends who are volunteer firefighters - no drinking period.
by jdumble
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:02 pm
They are volunteers. They are on call out of the goodness of their heart. If they want to make a rule that says no beer in the firehouses then fine, but say goodbye to most of the volunteers!
by Regina
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:07 pm
Dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Someone gets hurt or killed and they then have to prove he wasn't drunk or prove that he was. If you can't live without a beer for a day, you don't need to be waiting to put out a fire, you need to be at a meeting.
by raydan
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:50 pm
My brother-in-law works as an ambulance technician.
One shift for rural areas is 14 days on with 7 days off.

For those 14 days, you are on call 24 hours a day.
Don't go out of town, you need to be at all times close to base, I thinks it's 10k maximum.
And don't drink while you are on call, it's tolerance zero.

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