EG Fire Chief Says Warwick Dropped Ball On Dispatch
Chief Henrikson says Warwick should have just come out and said they weren't interested instead of stringing the EGFD on.
The Warwick Fire Department was “weeks” away from taking over EG fire dispatch when the whole plan came to a halt, said Fire Chief Peter Henrikson in an interview Tuesday. Henrikson had a pile of papers to document what took since 2009 to transfer East Greenwich fire dispatch duties to Warwick because the EGFD has come under fire lately for spending $147,000 on equipment for both EG and Warwick that is now not needed. East Greenwich Fire Commissioners voted to end dispatch consolidation talks with Warwick at their meeting on Jan. 24. Henrikson said the impetus for moving dispatch to Warwick was to free up a firefighter from doing dispatch. Paid firefighters covering dispatch dates back to the1980s. A internal study from 1990 recommended …
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Jillian Preble
12:12 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
Where in Potowomut is there space? Ives is all owned land. Not sure the deed from Gaddard would allow one in the park. The deed doesn't even allow overhead telephone wires. Knock down the old school and build there is the only place I may see. more ›