The Firefighters Take A Stand!!

Just found this on my doorstep this morning, and it looks like the Firefighters want JUSTICE!!

We as a group of volunteer firefighters from Bensalem with experience from less than 5 years to more than 25 years met to discuss the following information.
A public official withheld information about a commercial arson attempt for the fire company responsible for that area. A second fire was set in that building. The fire company responsible for that location was dispatched to an alarm system in a business located 2 businesses from the building with the set fire. Eventually the intentionally set fire was discovered. The fire company was placed in unnecessary danger due to the information being withheld from them. Did this activity endanger the firefighters and the public? YES! What was done to the public official when it was discovered that he withheld the information? He closed down the fire company responsible for the area!
A business in Bensalem Township was cited on numerous occasions by the Fire Marshal for safety considerations. When the Fire Marshal tried to close the business due to the safety considerations, the government of Bensalem stepped in and refused to permit the closure. Within a few months a fire occurred in the business endangering the lives of the responding firefighters. What happened after that? They got rid of the Fire Marshal!
A public official withheld knowledge from our government officials that Bucks County was building a training center in the lower portion of our County that would meet ALL the needs of the fire service. Instead, this public official pushed forward a training center that from the start was pointed out WOULD NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE SERVICE IN BENSALEM. The Township spent over $5,000,000.00 on the training center AND IT IS STILL NOT COMPLETE! When it and if it is completed IT STILL WILL NOT MEET THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE FIRE SERVICE IN BENSALEM! What was done by the government of Bensalem Township when this information was passed to them? NOTHING!
A public official submitted a SAFER grant to the Federal government with false information contained within the application. When the Mayor and Council of Bensalem were made aware of this information they refused to address the issue. Instead, the Mayor and the public official responsible for the SAFER grant held a meeting with the presidents and chiefs of the township fire companies. Prior to the meeting, they refused to tell the fire companies what the meeting was for. At the meeting, they announced that they intended to take funds away from the volunteer fire companies to support the paid fire firefighters hired through the grant. The volunteer fire companies were STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT THEY DID BEFORE THE PAID FIREFIGHTERS WERE HIRED, JUST WITH LESS MONEY!
Now that everyone in the fire service in Bensalem and surrounding areas know that the accusations that the chief of one of the fire companies, who refused to give water to the paid fire company are FALSE what is being done to the public official that caused this embarrassment? NOTHING!
To the Mayor and Council of Bensalem Township; you shut down a fire company for "safety issues" that to this date, no one knows about. The safety issues listed above are founded and threatened the lives of volunteer firefighters in Bensalem Township and the citizens of our community working at the businesses described.
IT IS TIME FOR THIS PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL HIS DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR WHICH THREATENS THE SAFETY OF THE FIRE SERVICE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS CORRECTED.



WE ARE WAITING!