EPISODE 16 OF EVERYBODY HATES FREDDIE: AS THE TOWNSHIP CRUMBLES

I found this at my doorstep this morning, and boy did it ever make me mad! It also didn't surprise me, since Fred "Haman" Harran is nothing but a deceitful piece of pond scum, who will do anything to get ahead! Problem is that sooner or later Haman will answer for his sins, and will answer in a BIG way.

A few interesting facts we as a group of emergency services members from Bensalem have put together.

1. Despite the continuing deterioration of the township training center which they are no longer calling a fire training center, there are no plans to fix the issues. There continues to be no ability to provide heat generating equipment to simulate live fire training! In order to have any kind of smoke generation, the fire companies have to supply smoke generators.

2. The paid fire department continues to violate the requirements established in the SAFER grant application which included a properly staffed engine company arriving on location within 4 minutes of dispatch 90% of the time. The paid fire company has not even come close to meeting this standard.

3. The SAFER grant contained information indicating that the fire service responds to more than 3600 calls per year. This means the fire service is responding to more than 10 calls per day. Which the Bensalem fire service is not even close to responding to.

4. A paid firefighter drove to a fire station, under the influence of alcohol, assaulted a volunteer firefighter, damaged his vehicle then drove away!! This was all done in front of witnesses. The volunteer firefighter and his father were pressured into not filing charges! The paid firefighter agreed to repair the damaged vehicle and pay the medical expenses! That's right! The victim was hospitalized as a result of the intoxicated assault! The paid firefighter was later quoted in a Bristol township bar after being asked if he was worried about being arrested. "They were told to keep their mouths shut, and they are. Nothing's going to happen to me. I'll kick his ass again if I have to"

5. A paid firefighter was sending pictures of his genitals to a female member of a township fire company and another female emergency services worker. Not one of the victims was interviewed during the "investigation" conducted by the Director of Public Safety. Within two days of the complaint, it was listed as unfounded.

6. A politically connected volunteer fire chief who was caught stealing from the district requested assistance from the Director of Public Safety with the school district. Now, instead of a police investigation, there is a lengthy school district investigation. When non-politically connected school employees have been caught stealing in the past, they were arrested!!

7. The paid fire department continually operates in the red. The Director of Public Safety and the Mayor stated that no funds would be taken from the six volunteer fire companies to support the paid fire department. The SAFER grant ALSO stated that no funds would be taken from the volunteer fire companies to support the paid fire department. We all know this is not true!!! To this date, we still don't know exactly much funding they will be taking away from the volunteer fire departments.

8. During a weather emergency, the Director of Public Safety called the paid fire department in for overtime while ordering the six volunteer fire companies to man their stations for three days. No additional funding was made available to support the eight manned fire stations.

9. One volunteer fire company that has several paid employees of the township Fire Marshall's office had its ladder truck repaired with additional funds supplied by the township that were not part of their yearly funding. No other fire company in the township receives this special treatment.

10. The rescue squad received yet another tax increase and continues to receive thousands of dollars from Parx Casino. After their tax increase which was supposed to be needed to maintain their level of service they reduced the number of ambulances they man from 3 to 2! Yet, no one in the township government (Mayor, Council or Director of Public Safety) has asked for an investigation.

11. The reasons for closing one of the volunteer fire stations for "safety reasons" were proved to be false. No investigation conducted by the Mayor.

12. A firefighter who has been a chief and president of a fire company and has served our community for over 50 years recently lost his wife. Not a single representative of the township attended the services.

13. A paramedic was killed in the line of duty and was denied benefits. His wife and a few friends took up the fight and had a law passed to protect the emergency medical service members who provide these lifesaving services. The township and his former employer did nothing to help the family after the fan fair of the line of duty death services. Once the cameras stopped, so did the township officials.

14. A woman was harassed by her ex-boyfriend who was a married Bensalem cop. He stalked and harassed her over a several month period. He found her unresponsive in a park off of State Road. When she did not respond to his knocks on her window. He went to borrow a coat hanger from some nearby fishermen. When he was unable to open the door (and the female still had not moved), he went to a local fire company and borrowed tools to try and unlock the car door. He never told the firefighters that there was a person in the car not responding to him!! After a half hour and another unsuccessful attempt to open the door the cop went back to the fire house. And yes, the female STILL had not moved from her original position of being slumped over on the steering wheel of her vehicle. He then went back to the fire company and told the fire company members that his friend was in a car in the park. He was unable to get into the car and his friend was not responding to him. The fire company immediately responded to the park, saw the woman in the car and could tell she was not breathing. They broke the window and pulled the woman out. Despite their efforts she could not be revived. The investigation stated that she had killed herself by shooting herself in the lower right stomach causing the bullet to exit out her left shoulder. Besides the boyfriend, no one else said the woman was depressed. She had a young son at home and was planning to move out of the state with family to start a new life. Her family members said she had been very optimistic about the change and was glad to be rid of her ex-boyfriend. The gun that she claimed to have killed herself with had been given to the ex-boyfriend cop several months before to be cleaned and had not been returned to her. This information was confirmed with family members of the woman. Her vehicle was never processed, the ex-boyfriend cop was never tested to see if he had recently fired a gun and the case was quickly closed!!!!

15. The Mayor refuses to meet with the fire service to discuss the ongoing problems with the Public Safety Director and his failure to truthfully provide information to the fire service.

16. The Council claims that they are not told anything by the Mayor or his staff. They refused to look into anything. Several Councilmen stated that they are aware of the paid fire engine being parked for hours at one of the fire stations on Street Road. They said they can't do anything about it. The Council also stated that they have no idea how they are going to pay for the paid fire department. They also said they are aware that the paid fire department is in violation of township ordinances.

17. Despite numerous complaints about the driving of the paid fire department and numerous accidents in its short existence, no corrective action has been taken. This includes damage to two volunteer fire engines because the paid engine as out of service.

18. Oh, more than 60 Bensalem cops made more than $100,000.00 last year.This is despite the increase in officers and the continued approximately 25,000 calls for service each year!! This number, 25,000 has remained the same for approximately 30 years. Now, to cover this fact, the police department is issuing incident report numbers for car stops, person contacts and other incidents where numbers were not issued in the past. This is an attempt to justify the ever increasing number of officers while the service requirements remain the same! Despite the Mayors claims that we are safer because he has hired more officers, there is no evidence to support this claim. In fact, DESPITE the hiring of more officers, the calls for service remain the same.

19. $5,000,000.00 to improve the State intersection of Galloway road and Mechanicsville road with claims that the State will give us the money for the improvement. The State never promised to give us the money and to this date has not.

20. A certain councilman got the roadway and parking lot behind his studio on Bristol Pike repaved using funds designated for Bristol Pike improvements. Now there is a sign in the parking lot claiming it is township property and is restricted!

21. $5,000,000.00 for a training center that was poorly designed never properly equipped and placed in the worse possible location. NO INVESTIGATION.

22. $5,000,000.00 to improve an intersection to make the Mayor's drive home easier. No funds returned to the township despite claims by the Council that we would be reimbursed by the State.

23. The mysterious firing of the Fire Marshall with no explanation to the members of the fire service and still NO township Fire Marshall. The Director of Public Safety stated that the township was "going in another direction". He has yet to show anyone what direction we are going.

24. No support for the volunteer fire companies by the Director of Public Safety. Just threats and demands that they blindly go along with his mysterious programs.

25. Still no plan to allow the community to use the new high school gym. The funds for a community center which were provided to the township by the State were instead used for the gym.

As a group we can now finally admit…things are bad. Fear, threats and harassment are their form of leadership.

This was compiled by individuals from multiple volunteer emergency services companies in Bensalem, not just one "disgruntled" fire company. It is not from a bunch of "misfits", but actual honorable first responders, who have had it with the lies being spewed by the township. I have said it before, and I will say it again, the more Haman tightens his grip, the more people willing to do the right thing, will slip through his fingers!

NUMBERS 32:23 HAMAN!!