UPDATE: Central Coventry Fire Offers Correction of 'Tis the Season' Report
CCFD official discusses the district's decision to alter its holiday traditions this year.
UPDATE - Nov. 13, 9:11 a.m.: During a follow-up interview with Coventry Patch on Tuesday morning, Capt. David Gorman reiterated the importance of making sure that CCFD employees are getting back on their feet, but also made it clear that lending a hand to the community is what the fire district has always been about. "As I said before, we definitely want to participate in the Tis the Season drive and we will, we just do not have the resources to spearhead it this year," said Gorman. " He explained that the district had agreed to continue running the annual boot drive after Chief Robert Seltzer had accepted a position in Smithfield, but that the decision was made before the special mastership process had begun. "There is a ton of …
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dohn joe
10:55 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
it seems everyones bitching about the ccfd wasting money, but yet they want the firefighters to travel around with a santa on a truck without having an emergency. i do know they put their lives on the line, and they get a good pension for that, but to save the world and save christmas and give to every charity, in the long run its all coming out of tax payers pockets no matter what they do. it … more ›