Morning Gang!!

Check out what made my mail box yesterday, and I am just now getting to share with all of you. Its becoming more evident, that Haman IS losing his control, and it will be a miracle if he gets it back.
We as a group of veteran and new firefighters have conducted a survey of the township over the last six months due to growing concerns about the conduct of elected officials and fire service officers connected politically to these officials. We will now list some of the most alarming information we have uncovered.



1. The paid engine which never should have been used by the township in the first place is a disaster. The township has put more money into it then it is worth. The truck has been out of service for over a month. Knowing the engine was in poor shape they purchased an $80,000.00 utility vehicle instead.

2. We spoke with ALL the Councilmen, none of them is aware of any plan to adequately fund the paid fire service. In fact, they are all aware that it is underfunded and not accomplishing most of what was expected of them.

3. The paid crew repeatedly and without written agreements with outside municipalities leaves the township for fire calls. The whole purpose of the paid fire crew is for fire protection IN the township during the day. Mutual aid calls should be responded to by the available volunteer firefighters!

4. The engine and its crew along with the utility vehicle and its crew spend hours each day parked behind the Nottingham Fire Company. The Councilmen are also aware of this and said they would look into it. These hours could be utilized to conduct inspections of businesses in the township which still go UN-inspected.

5. The Councilmen are aware of the sexual harassment complaint against a paid firefighter. When asked they reply; “we aren’t told anything”. When told that the victim of the sexual harassment was never interviewed and the phone records of the suspect were never reviewed one councilman stated; “what do you want me to do?” When told we wanted an investigation, he shrugged his shoulders and said; “they don’t listen to anything I say.”

6. The Councilmen are also aware of the violent assault by a paid firefighter on a volunteer firefighter at the Newport Fire Company. They are also aware that despite numerous witnesses and evidence, no charges were brought against the paid firefighter.

7. The Director of Public Safety told a member of the volunteer fire service that if charges were brought against the paid firefighter he would be fired. Yet, no charges have been filed! The Director of Public Safety and members of the paid fire department “encouraged” the administrative leadership of the Newport Fire Company not to expel the paid firefighter for the assault.

8. We spoke to several members of the PA Yacht Club who confirmed they were interested in docking Union’s new fireboat at their facility. They were told by their Board of Directors that the Director of Public Safety and the Mayor asked them NOT to assist the fire company.

9. There is no plan to upgrade the township training center to meet the minimum requirements for fire training. There is also no plan to fund the facility.

10. There is no investigation into who decided to spend over $5,000,000.00 to build the training center in the worst possible location and with no capabilities for live fire training. All the time, knowing that the County was building a fully functional fire training center in Lower Bucks that would cost Bensalem nothing. When we asked ALL the Councilmen we received the following responses: “they told us it would be a burn building”, “that facility was before my time on council” and “we were not told the County was building a training center” (really?).

11. There is no explanation as to why the Rescue Squad got a tax increase despite reducing its staffing from two full time and one part time medic unit to two full time medic units only. When the Councilmen were asked, they replied: “we didn’t know they reduced service”.

12. Not one of the Councilmen knew any of the reasons the Public Safety Director closed the Union Fire Company. When asked why they didn’t feel it was important to stay on top of a public safety issue the standard response was; “they don’t tell us anything (and they accept that!). One Councilman who was present at the closing admitted that he was given false information for the closing by the Public Safety Director. Yet, he refuses to address this wrong doing!

13. The township continues to operate the paid fire department in violation of township ordinances and contradictory to their SAFER grant application. When asked about this, one Councilman referred us to township ordinance 7. There is no township ordinance 7! The rest of the Councilman stated that they have not seen the SAFER grant!

14. According to township officials we are heading for our fourth consecutive year of a deficit in the township budget!

And you wonder why the volunteer fire service has no confidence in the leadership of Bensalem Township!

Let me put it this way: Mayor, Council, and "Haman"
NO ONE HAS ANY CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP, SO...............

WE'RE VOTING YOU OUT!!