Posts Tagged ‘firefighters’
Thoughts and Prayers for Boulder – Michael Morse
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Whatever happened has already happened. Now it’s time to get to work. We had nothing to do with whatever it was, be it a mass shooting, a train derailment, a carbon monoxide leak that leaves a family dead or any of the unimaginable things that do happen that precede our…
Read MoreHonor, sacrifice, loyalty and courage
by Michael Morse, contributing writer The police make it possible for people like me to enjoy a night out with minimal risk of being robbed, assaulted, carjacked, or murdered. They make it possible for me and people like me to leave my home for hours, days or weeks, and come home to a place that…
Read MorePushed to her limit…by Michael Morse
Photo: Painting Valley By Michael Morse, contributing writer Amelia is ninety-four and has been taking her medication the same way for years, and nobody, I mean NOBODY is going to tell her different. We arrived at her home at 10:34 am. After knocking at the front door and not getting an answer, we went around…
Read MoreMiddletown Succeeds in Securing Additional Fire Protection
The RI State Association of Fire Fighters is congratulating the Town of Middletown and Middletown Fire Fighters, Local 1933, the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO on the settlement of a multi-year collecting bargaining agreement. The agreement increases the staffing of the fire department and immediately allows the department to put in service an additional…
Read MoreTOP STORY: Middletown Town Council shuts out citizens from speaking on fire dept concerns…
(The issue facing the citizens of Middletown continues to garner attention and concern – so much so that the Town Council meeting had many wishing to testify – yet, public testimony was not allowed. This story was our Top Story of the week.) RINewsToday has been following the issue of understaffing claims of the Middletown…
Read MoreRI State Assoc. of Fire Fighters: Middletown is in a“public safety crisis”
RISAFF response to Council President Robert Sylvia’s comments in the Newport Daily News Article published on January 14, 2020 “One would think at this point in the public safety crisis in Middletown, that Council President Sylvia would try to focus his energy and efforts on fixing the problem at hand. Instead, Mr. Sylvia rather keep…
Read MoreRI State Assoc of Firefighters President calls on Middletown Leadership “to regain their moral compass”
Submitted by Joseph A. Andriole Monday’s Town Council meeting in Middletown had well over a hundred members of the public looking for answers from the Town Council regarding the inadequate staffing of the Fire Department and the events of a recent house fire that left an 11-year-old girl and her father burned and hospitalized. It was a surreal and unnerving experience…
Read More“Town Council, Administrator, Fire Chief have failed residents… nothing short of reckless”
Middletown Fire Questions Response Times/Availability A fire on New Year’s Eve day in a small duplex home in Middletown had a father rushing in to save his daughter who was inside the home. Daughter and father were both burned, and the father’s actions were credited with saving the life of his daughter, Trinity. Trinity had…
Read MoreTOP STORY of Michael Morse in 2020: Why did you send a Fire Truck?
By Michael Morse “Why do they send the whole Fire Department?” some folks ask when we arrive at their emergency. “Why are you squandering MY tax dollars to pad your numbers?” those who know everything may ask. “What a waste, all these people for a little old lady who’s dizzy!” somebody is bound to say.…
Read MoreA Christmas Gift… by Michael Morse
Photo, top, Jason Michalski By Michael Morse She actually apologized for calling us. “I didn’t want to bother you, but I can’t stand the pain any longer.” Her home was meticulous, nestled on a quiet street in the Mount Pleasant section of the city, surrounded by beautiful yet modest homes that showed the pride of…
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