Monday, December 3, 2012
Reports from the East Greenwich Fire District.
Monday, Nov. 19 1:43 a.m. – Carbon monoxide detector went off at 950 Carr's Pond Road. No carbon monoxide released. 2:28 p.m. – A resident of 71 Charlotte Drive in Potowomut was locked in. Tuesday, Nov. 20 9:39 a.m. – Heat from a wiring short circuit was detected at 1 St. Elizabeth Way. The wiring proved to be worn and defective. 10:20 a.m. – A small brush fire at 110 Bailey Blvd. was extinguished with water. 11:22 a.m. – A gasoline spill at 312 Main St. 2 p.m. – A building fire at 431 Main St. Wednesday, Nov. 21 3:43 p.m. – A motor vehicle accident at 1149 Division St. Thursday, Nov. 22 12:56 a.m. – Someone called in an overheated car on Route 4 southbound. The car was empty and the State Police were notified to have it towed away. 6:52…
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Three EG residents say the EGFD commissioners were wrong to send out postcards at taxpayer expense that gave reasons why the Fire District should remain independent.
Three East Greenwich residents – all members of the EG Republican Town Committee – have filed a complaints with the state Attorney General and the state Board of Elections claiming the EG Fire District commissioners acted unlawfully when they voted to spend up to $2,000 on a mailing to residents listing five reasions why the EGFD should not merge with the town. The postcard was mailed to residents in advance of the election Nov. 6 that featured a ballot question asking voters if they thought the EGFD should be merged with the Town of East Greenwich. Currently, they are two separate governmental entities. The Town Council had voted to place that question on the ballot. The postcard (a copy is attached, right) listed five reasons "why the …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
This log comes from the East Greenwich Fire District.
Monday, Sept. 10 9:08 p.m. – Smoke detector malfunction at 30 Long Street. Tuesday, Sept. 11 7:12 a.m. – Smoke detector malfunction at 50 Rock Way. 9:07 a.m. – Unintentional detector activation at 59 Main Street. 9:17 a.m. – Vehicle accident with injuries at 461 Main Street. 10:28 a.m. – Vehicle accident at 2934 South County Trail. 12:27 p.m. – Vehicle accident on Route 403 eastbound. Wed., Sept. 12 1:22 p.m. – Vehicle accident on Division Road. 1:24 p.m. – Vehicle accident with injuries on Route 95 southbound. West Warwick FD handled it. Thurs., Sept. 13 12:07 p.m. – Smell of smoke in basement at 157 Middle Road; the problem was with the dryer motor. 7:28 p.m. – Smoke detector set off by cooking at 15 Hill Drive; reset by occupant. Friday…
Friday, July 13, 2012
Starting in August, when the rescue truck is out on a call, the Frenchtown station will still be manned.
According to Fire Chief Peter Henrikson, the new dispatch staffing agreement approved by Fire District Commissioners Thursday night marks the single biggest change in the EGFD in 40 years. "The firefighters union has agreed to a memorandum of understanding whereas the dispatch position becomes a collateral position," Henrikson said after the meeting. "It’s a flat hourly rate. The agreement states that it’s no longer part of their assigned duties as a firefighter. That allows us to take that firefighter off the desk and put him on the truck at Station 2 and for the first time in 40 years we’ll have two vehicles staffed at the Frenchtown Fire Station." Under the current system, if the rescue truck stationed at Frenchtown goes out on a call…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Kristin Henrikson works for the EGFD and is married to Fire Chief Peter Henrikson.
East Greenwich Fire District employee Kristin Henrikson filed a second suit against the district and the firefighters union late last week, this time in state court. Henrikson filed a lawsuit in federal court against the district, the union and the former fire chief in September 2011. Henrikson, chief clerk for the Fire District, is married to Fire Chief Peter Henrikson. In the new complaint, the EGFD and the union are accused of failing to provide Henrikson with fair representation. Unions are required to provide what’s known as “fair representation” of all union members — to represent all employees fairly, in good faith, and without discrimination. According to the complaint, the union failed to represent Henrikson after the district …
sue
11:43 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thanks for the update. I did receive my postcard and was curious how they were able to spend our money on this. I've been an EG resident for 25 years. The past 20 years I have been in the same house - my property taxes have doubled. In the same time frame- my fire taxes have tripled. (btw - residential fires have gone down nationally) So please explain this? This is an issue of the "Fox guarding … more ›