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Knight Township Fire Department has officially gone out of service permanently. A very sad night for Knight Township: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNb4HRhtvek
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Was this purely because of funding or were there other reasons?
From the apparatus in the video it looks like a pretty well run department.Train to fight the fires you fight. -
I heard they had to pay for physicals and they went out of business.Originally posted by LaFireEducator View PostI am now a past chief and the views, opinions, and comments are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for any department or in any official capacity. Although, they would be smart to listen to me.
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Apparently the reason they folded was that they were already having financial problems, and then a corrupt treasurer mismanaged funds...Comment
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Sucks.
I'm sure the township will find out in the long run that the VFD would have been much cheaper than contracted fire protection by the city will be, and likely, the fire protection will not be nearly as good.
However, I'm sure at that point it will be too late to piece things back together again.Train to fight the fires you fight.Comment
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Not to be off topic but, watching the video that "last call" was some heavy whacker stuff.Comment
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It's a sad day when a town has to suffer the loss of their fire department because some dumb @$$ couldn't handle the finances. Did the treasurer steal the money or just not spend it wisely?Comment
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Now that I'm reading more, it sounds like it was a township trustee that stole money and bankrupted the whole township. The FD was just on the chopping block...Originally posted by firefightinirish217 View PostComment
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There will be a special place in hell for that trustee, especially if someone dies because fire/emergency response is more timely because of this crap.Originally posted by FireRescue61 View PostComment
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Where do you get that they feel bitter?Originally posted by 6Duron1
I didn't get that from the report at all. Infact, what I read said that a lot of them were going to other volunteer departments to continue to be firefighters.
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I live 50 miles north of Knight. I have friends on Knight, Scott, and German twps as well as Evansville fire. The Knight guys and gals were in a no win. It was taken out of their control. The one station was bought by a EFD guy that runs a training outfit. It is a shame because this is the kind of stuff the Governor is using to push out the trustee system... His proposed system will lead to many more closings. Sometimes, things are better managed at the local level. Its a shame this jerk (trustee) had to pee in the pool we swim in.A coward stands by and watches wrongs committed without saying a word...Any opinions expressed are purely my own and not necessarily reflective of the views of my former departmentsComment
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You are such an a s s holeOriginally posted by LaFireEducator View Post"Loyalty Above all Else. Except Honor."Comment
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