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Fire Chief defends his firemen against theft allegation

May 24, 2012 News

 

 

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has refuted claims in certain sections of the media which suggest that his ranks were involved in a theft at a fire scene on Tuesday.
Yesterday, Gentle said there is no evidence to suggest that his ranks acted in an unprofessional manner.
According to Gentle, around 10:14 hours on Tuesday, the Fire Service received a telephone call about a fire at Lot 2 Rewa Street Lamaha Springs and responded promptly. Gentle added that when his ranks arrived on the scene they were met with a smoke filled house which was tightly secured since none of the occupants of the house was home.
He added that his ranks according to procedure broke into the house through the roof in order to extinguish the fire.
“Shortly after the fire was put out the owner of the home arrived and realized that several valuables were missing. Again, as a part of our procedure a search around the immediate surroundings was conducted.”
According to the fire chief, some of the items were found on a dam aback of the house while others were found in a nearby yard along a passage way leading to the house and others were found packed up in the same house. Nothing belonging to the home owner was found on the person of any of the fire ranks.
In the end, Gentle pointed out that only a laptop and a few other personal items were not recovered. “We are concerned about the image portrayed in the media which suggests that we are very unprofessional.
“Such claims only seek to tarnish our good name and say that we are unprofessional.” Gentle reiterated that the Administration of the service does not in any way condone such acts and if anyone is found, that person would be dealt with strongly.

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