Group of volunteer firefighters walk off job 

The chief was stealing from the firefighters pension fund

Then why did the fire fighters quit ti support the chief if they were stealing from them? There's something wrong.

@@eleventwelve2650 take your pick blind loyalty or they were in on the crime and getting kick backs

Volunteers means slave.

If you guys have problems with government corruption, learn to do better elections.

The fact that so many have walked off means that they seem to believe the chief is right.

The chief was cheating on the behalf of the volunteers. He got caught and the pension fund will no longer accept his affidavits for the volunteer's pension credits. If they keep this chief, the volunteers will no longer receive pension credits. They are loyal, but stupid if they can't figure this out. www.northwestgeorgianews.com/polk_standard_journal/news/local/polk-firefighters-quit-in-response-to-chief-s-dismissal/article_f83e6c28-a772-11eb-92ae-73ef18015117.html

@steven zander yes

@steven zander you back the police and they’re crooked

@steven zander easy I open my mouth, and your opinion doesn’t matter, facts do you lying sack of crap 💩

Bruh moment

Wow. I cant remember my schedule and the way to work.

"I missed the part where that's my problem"

Quit!

@@reallyjusthalo What's "bruh??"

The fire chief defrauded the pension fund. What do you wish happened to him?

Kim Jong Un says that all the time as well.

@@0IIIIII I was not expressing support nor opposition to the fire chief's dismissal. I was just saying that the sentence sounds like something I'd say in Tropico or Frostpunk

Dude I love tropico

Frostpunk is such a good game. I highly recommend it for people to play

Well walk on then. Good riddance.

@@SIRPRESSURE So if your boss steals from your 401 pension fund are you going to keep working for your boss. that is what it sound like here the city is not paying in.

You're a smart one. 🙄

@@MrNuthed I'm no politician but...volunteers? This isn't 1817. I would choose carefully next time I voted, if I lived there. JS

@@TorontoChick25 most fire departments in the US are volunteer

lol The bad one was the chief.

Well they walked off to support a man who supposedly was doing something shady, so yeah. I wouldn’t term them the bad guys but assuming the chief did what he’s accused of they certainly aren’t the good guys in this scenario.

They did...that is a fact, Their "loyalty" should be to the tones and not the chief if the chief is in the wrong..WHICH HE IS

Exactly! I wish they would tell THE REAL STORY behind all of this....that’s too much to ask from “news” stations anymore though.......

This just shows where their loyalty lies at..like so many in this nation today....they rather follow individuals instead of what's right...their hearts weren't into what they were doing obviously if that's all it took

@@kevinperron6740 the Community sent in the scabs 'behind them'.

@Michael Denison the police used to be volunteers too, hired to keep the poor minorities in check in the cities. People tried reforming them to be community leaders and started paying them and giving pensions now they run around like fat spoiled murder babies or roid/coke raging frat boys. Honestly if the comments are correct about the chief these guys have every right to be upset but if they're volunteering and doing their job there's not even a reason to have a paid chief. They shouldn't screw the current one out of what was promised if he didn't do anything wrong but honestly they could operate without one and get better gear with the pay they pay a chief to sit around and manage them like children. Or they could even afford a little stipend for them. If not fuck it. People should have fire extinguishers anyway. Just like you have firearms to prevent intruders I don't see why people run and avoid their problems and expect them to come out. They should be prepared to put out their own fires and bulk up on that fire insurance. 🤷‍♂️

it would be nice if the government ever helped others instead of helping themselves.

The gov gets bank for doing a civil duty yet when you get jury duty you get $10 a day..... its all our faults since we know this is how it is and we fight amongst ourselves over left or right views....right into their hands.... smh

1000% agree just tax incentives

I agree politicians and government morons should not get paid. I vote for that. Otherwise there is nothing I care to vote for

The volunteer jobs are open. Train and volunteer!

@@FM19MONTH yeah good luck on that one. We can't get people to work in first response when they're being paid. Forget volunteering.

What's ironic about their statement is that they are literally showing the community on social media rallying behind the firefighters lol its actually really disgusting how any government in the US local or federal tries to cover up the obvious truth with a piece of glass and expect everyone to believe them... and they went from 200 to 75 firefighters? That's a crisis for the government, not the community-- and clearly something is horribly wrong about laying off the cheif for you to lose over half your fucking employees lmao. Plus the government needs to literally fuck off with saying random ass independent people failed their community. They don't owe a piss or shit on the doorstep of the firehouse lol. They can leave whenever they want. They arent prisoners or slaves. They've failed no one. Better opportunities for them anyway I'm sure

Government is from community. We elect these individuals, to make decisions for us as a society. If the government isnt reflecting your lifestyle, the government is corrupt or the people are blind. #wethepeople( We the people. Not wet he people)

BROTHERHOOD

Exactly.

Yeah don’t worry our government will do what more important like send billions over seas to help with gender studies 🤦‍♂️

I wish I was being sarcastic🤦‍♂️

Perhaps you should question why these firefighters are so insistent that they want a boss accused of defrauding their pension fund to stay on the job. They sound more like accomplices than civil servants.

@@ezcoach5733 accused. not proven.

True. Not to mention if you stop volunteering at a place it's not really quitting anyways. I was a volunteer firefighter for 5 years and it was very spotty on who was gonna show up and that was without any protesting or disagreements its just the fact that people can't live on volunteering and so they give the time they have which is usually on the weekends and after 7 pm on weekdays but fires don't schedule appointments so you get what you get. Plus there is always a worst case senerio that one of the local paid u its will respond if you can't get any other volunteer unit to fill in numbers.

SJW's quit because they hate having to do work listed in their job descriptions. They want to get paid for just being there, for just existing and sucking up air. When bosses come down on them or their co-workers, they quit because they are right on the cusp of being fired already.

@Estrogen Fury You don't need new when the tried and true thing crops up like a reoccurring summer weed. Given your name here, the words you're using are the only ones you're even capable of using. A robot has no right speaking to anyone about mental development it is fundamentally incapable of.

@Estrogen Fury LMFAO. Let me get this straight. Your idiotic name is bait, proving that at all times you're acting in bad faith. Then you go on to call someone who is much more literate than you a "moron" who is compensating because my big words make your brain hurt. That's some fine projection right there. How much money did you pay to become this big of an idiot?

Yh ive never quit a job i quit because of the bosses

Yes you can.

@@tgipson20 i guess so if you don't want new volunteers

I just think as a volunteer fireman your intentions should be to help people. Walking out cause daddy got fired does nothing but put the community you’re supposed to protect in danger. It’s not hurting the city government it’s hurting the poor bastard who’s house catches fire and no one comes to help him.

Also the soup kitchen comparison if people quit charity operations like this because someone they liked was fired their intentions were never that pure in the first place

@@tgipson20 lmao you're the guy whining about police using dogs because they'll find your stash easier, I don't think your opinion is relevant

Exactly!

Fook the community

Yep, a truly disgusting statement, downright revolting in fact

Their making a point. Y quitting sad for the community. But if their willing to quit it means that fire chief was a good boss and knew what they were doing.

Exactly. What a weak statement.

The chief was lying to get more money, that is Theft, theft of Tax payer's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Fire dept SAYS THEY NEED MORE MONEY!! They need MORE MONEY !!

The fire department wasn’t getting any of that money. The chief was embezzling for his personal gain. This people chose loyalty to a thief over the community.

@@mannyechaluce3814 You have no idea what happened a lot of departments like that one have 2-5 employees none of which have a MBA but are expected to put together huge budgets etc, he may have given "incorrect" info purely by accident.

@A Stoic's Door Eff you, you go out there and risk your life for a bunch of ungrateful politicians and you have no idea if it was just an error.

These volunteers: corrupt shits benefiting off of pension fraud who got pissy when the guy doing it for them got fired over it.

So, the government made the fire chief submit falsified records to the pension fund?

@@Piterdeveirs333 Boy, I'm glad you're not the executioner. You've already convicted the chief. I guess what the media tells you must be absolutely true. Like when the Capitol Police guard was beaten unconscious with a fire extinguisher and died from that assault. (then later quietly retracted when it came to light that the officer later tweeted that none of that happened) Here's what I see. A chief immediately fired after a letter was drafted by the pension commission. No investigation, just boom! You're fired. Smells fishy as a seven day old cod. Then, ALL the firefighters quit. Why you suppose they'd do that? Because they were in on with whatever the chief supposedly did? Also, very fishy. Everything points to the chief getting shafted. Probably rubbed people in govt the wrong way, and they shafted him. Also, the govt burning the bridges with the firefighters with that comment, solidifies that there is tension between the govt and the fire company.

@@ElementofKindness Nothing is ever the Governments fault to these people; they believe in the Government like the sheep they are.

@@ElementofKindness why would someone be executed for falsifying records?

@@Piterdeveirs333 self interest revenge. Politics. And by execution its possible to mean fired frome a job.

The chief was essentially fired for defrauding the pension fund. That is a crime. He was fired with cause and it has nothing to do with the government that the other firefighters had quit.

@@Godsbackhand7 Soooooo, someone said he committed fraud so in your mind it's settled. He did it. You KNOW that.

@@Godsbackhand7 "the whole department quit but I'm still going to die on this hill." Chances are the guy doesn't have the life style to line up with embezzlement.

@Ivar the Boneless Take a jab on who elects the government into power

@@ApeX-pj4mq these days ballots mean nothing.

They can do whatever then yeah?

@@iamthatiam1944 Yes they can we have no obligation to help if we are treated like shit.

So ignore the wrong the chief did, as usual!

@@evettekelly3575 chief did nothing wrong infact I applaud him. You dumbasses need to realize volunteers struggle with money you cant except them to act as a paid department without getting money as a paid department. No money= No trucks, equipment, maintenance, building, Bill's, training, etc. So yes he did do the right thing which is why they are all leaving in masses becuase the need the funds

@@darthkillerhog you're a violent sounding seemingly entitled human I don't think it's healthy for anyone to try an listen to your point or follow your example.. They're wrong for lying and cheating then throwing tantrums rather than demanding financial justice for their situations if any.. It's enabling a con man that benefits them ofc they left they're no better. They knew what the work was and what it meant to join they're disgusting humans Im sure.

Exactly. Slavery is not legal in America anymore. Everyone has the right to quit at any time! N they r unpaid wtf why risk your life for free when the government is sending billions of dollars to other countries for covid, clearly Biden gives zero fs about hard working Americans.

@@jr1252 wtf Are you talking about, Biden doesn't care about workers? Polk County, GA is a Red County. It was Republican policy that is using these people for slave labor, guilting them to sacrifice themselves for the Karens of the state, not some Biden SuperAgenda. There's not a Blue name to paper in any Government-level decision in that county, so get your head out of your Donkey and pay attention.

That’s not how the military works sadly ): lol

@@KrooqRS You sign a contract when you join up. They can't fire you, either, unless you're criminal or grossly incompetent.

@@antondevonlh I'm just curious... how is it slave labor, when they "volunteered" to work for virtually nothing?

My brother did it for free beer n food not free. Most volunteers are drunks.

@@jcoop3660 hey Im highly offended even if that's kinda true lol

@@shalucard107 then id have to guess your another lawless cultist.

@@jcoop3660 I mean it's a free country friend, you call me whatever you want.

@@jcoop3660 Ahh yes, the cult of obvious sarcasm. Better than the cult of baseless assertions and caveman grammar

Let’s go flame some shit up Kemosabe

🔥

My fellow pyros, we must rise and shine to smell the ashes

Are you planning any of special gender reveal parties this season?

@@jctu186 I prefer the term arsonist

Who screwed with who?

@@mrsatire9475 the LGU to the volunteers and one of the staff there

@@3sty216 - Why did they commit pension fraud?

@@mrsatire9475 probably for easy money

@BillG Dontjabme idiot

@BillG Dontjabme I really hope your comment is satire.

@BillG Dontjabme do you think I’m white?

@BillG Dontjabme If you’re serious and not just trolling, I hope you take a look at yourself and start taking responsibility for your own shortcomings. People’s place in life is nobody’s fault but their own. When you understand that, you’ll become much happier and less likely to get mad at strangers on the internet.

@BillG Dontjabme you’ll have to excuse me. You are very ignorant and there’s nothing you and I need to discus.

So true. God speaks of this in The Bible. “People will call right wrong , and wrong right”. This is just a sign of the times we are living in and the end is near. Just make sure we are living a life that will grant us entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. 🙏🏽😷

Right. They can stand for the wrong things but walk off the job when the chief is caught doing wrong? I am flabbergasted!! 🤦🏾

People hate truth. They destroy and kill anything good, conservative and wholesome.

@@rebeccalankford8573 Do you know why people hate the truth? Because this world is built on lies. You can't create bad and expect something good to come out of it. No matter where you look, there is money, sex and hatred everywhere, this is the foundation of our society and people live in the illusion that something will change. Something will change when everything explodes in a moment and it will get even worse. Welcome to the hell

@@purelive8484 Sadly you are right. I had a rude ENLIGHTENMENT

Sauce?

@@kevinbarber2795 www.11alive.com/article/news/local/volunteer-firefighters-quit-after-chief-fired-polk-county/85-c6ee36e4-c69c-4f7f-95dc-223f14683745 first paragraph. "showed the department submitted false information to the fund." in the video they gloss it over as being "prompted" to fire the chief. was the chief trying to give the fighters more money because they deserve it? or was he pilfering the retirement fund? these firefighters shouldn't be endangering lives without knowing the full story. which i still can't find. everyone seems focused on the walkout and not the reason for the firing in the first place.

You can. Just look at every other aspect of American bureaucracy.

Crime of money for a life

& whenever they were on the job, they would have always been running, so one must wonder if these people weren't already done and finished.

if the allegations are true that they were claiming credit for calls they didn't bother going to; then they aren't volunteering their time any more, and their hard work and dedication is only on paper. if the allegations are true, they have been caught helping themselves to pension contributions they didn't earn.

@@kenbrown2808 "if the allegations are true, " Thank you! an adult comment! Then the next step is IF the allegations are true where they just sloppy bookkeeping or deliberate fraud.

No one said they were treated like shit, they said the chief got fired because of allegations that the pension made that he was cooking the books The community needs people to fight fires, If you have the training, skills, experience and ability and you leave when the community needs you than you are quitting the community. That puts lives at stake. You can quit most other things and someone can pick up your slack but that, especially with no warning, is irresponsible, and an emotional move. This isnt a comment on the firing of the chief. They basically said "let the whole county burn", what if ot was your mother or father in a fire and they didnt have enough trained people to respond?

@@whatabouttheearth "what if it was your mother or father in a fire and they didnt have enough trained people to respond?" Good point! So what engine company are you a volunteer firefighter with? I mean you talk the talk but do you walk the walk?

@@whatabouttheearth if they're only there for the pension, will the community miss them?

Politics...

ALWAYS

Who knows. Fire departments are grown men crying over spilled milk all day.

Yeah pension money was being grafted

@@ElGeetaro8929 Hope You Never Need Their Services!!!!Bet You Have NEVER Jeopardized YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR ANYONE, THEY ARE THE BRAVEST MEN& WOMEN YOU COULD MEET!!!!🤬🤬

I thought that too till I read the linked article at the top. According to county manager Matt Denton, the county received a letter from the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund that showed the department submitted false information to the fund. 11Alive has submitted an open records request for that letter.

They had to skip over it because there wasn't enough evidence to go to court. There's basically nothing to talk about. If he was actually messing with the pensions and they had proof of it he'd have gone to federal court. The city council wouldn't have been able to cut him a deal where he was just fired.... It's out of their authority when you start measuring the pensions. So based on that it seems like they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of anything, but still fired him. Which could upset people when they see that happen

@@chrisdowns8859 that does not matter the firemen want there boss back and by no reinstating him the county is putting lives at risk what's the bet the guy is a trump supporting republican and the county is democRAT

Totally agree !!

This EXACTLY. This is why stupid people get elected, lack of information.

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With the way Politics are running all the way down to School Boards, details matter,& when they Aren’t given, & Don’t hear Both full story sides, Suspicion of Both sides til Proven. So the firefighters are either Dumb, Crooked too, or sticking up for a Good Guy getting falsely Railroaded to make way for whoever the money is backing. Jumping to Any conclusion based on one side, is exactly what these knee jerk asswipes want from the public-makes changes of our destruction soooo easy.

@@tonyaduvall49 "Polk country says it recieved a letter from the firefighters pension fund.", "The county received a letter from the Georgia fire fighters pension fund that shows the department submitted false information." Less than 10 seconds out of 2:42 video and the second statement repeats the first. Neither really give any details. Certainly not enough to make a judgement whether this was a minor clerical error or if the cheif was embezzling funds to spend on hookers and blow. Did I miss some detail that you got from this video?

So much facts.

Sad to see Polk County continue to vote Republican, who opposed the infrastructure rebuilding and wage increases. Both would help keep the pressure off of firefighters.

Let's reveal what the false information the chief was submitting to the pension board. If it was a justifiable firing, then all these volunteers who quit are just throwing a tantrum because one of their own was held accountable.

He was fired for stealing from the firefighters pension fund and submitting falsified reports

@@signumxmagnum ​ @Rudeus Machina Why? its bunch of uneducated losers who mostly become "VOLUNTEER" Firefighters. Imagine being that uneducated and pathetic, that they have to volunteer to find any meanings in their life. Kinda shows with these losers who quit because their crooked firechief daddy got punished. Wouldnt be surprised if they were all part of some pedophile ring too.

@@JC-fy8wh These people are more way respectable than some coward like you who only speak stupid things just because you think you were anonymous.

@@JC-fy8wh Quit talking about yourself it isn't nice.

@@JC-fy8wh you must be on that city council...

Make you wonder right I think its a city official issue

Might be different local communities that offer mutual aid to each other. We have to do that here because nobody want to volunteer anymore. Or if they do they drop out when they find out there is real training that happens.

@@user-neo71665 The IAFF (I'm Afraid to Fight Fire) Union has lobbied hard to have insane monthly training requirements to drive volunteers away. They feel that every volunteer is stealing a job from a paid man.

Cheap government pencil pushers. I know counties where there is over 30 stations and all unpaid minus the chief and deputy, as most places pay the chief and deputy chief some form of paycheck.

I know several fire fighters who volunteer in one county and work in others or cops who volunteer. There's much room for volunteering in these areas to give back to your community. That many aren't standing behind the Chief for a legitimate reason. Fire chiefs are appointed, so I'm sure it's going to turn out to be a political vendetta.

That's assuming the allegations of wrong doing are true. What if the allegations are false and the crew know it?

They are volunteers, they have served, let others step up and volunteer.

@@anneb889 That is true but that is not the reason they walked off. They are putting up with wrong doing . Just like how police back the blue.

@Jesus Gonzalez Sounds more like a criminal matter than a political one.

BUT what if someone you love is wrongly accused? See, that sword swings both ways.

he was a crook probably and let the firefighter did what they want so someone found out and fired him I'm thinking...

Exactly, we don't know the details. We do know that a lot of people are standing by the Chief. But no mention of their perspective and no details on the allegation . I will refrain from forming an opinion with so little info.

Probably did voted for biden I did also anybody better then childish trump..

@@coach2208 I lose my job friday and ain't mad MEXICAN got it for cheaper pay...let them make sum money to help there family back home I'll draw unemployment for 2 years and get food stamps...piss off my porch everyday mexican is alright with me...

@@coach2208 is that right by them doing what they did following a person that is suspected to be crooked but yet they can't speak up or say why they following him. Sounds like a blind move yo me. Just like the orange donkey and all his supporters. Following with no clue why and can't provide any proof what he says that shows he legit Sighing at some people that reside here

Well preacher. Suit up and stand in the gap

That is just sad. That pastor speaking against people who are selflessly volunteering, and doing so from the pulpit, makes for a great hypocrite. Pseudo-christian imo. smh makes genuine pastors and churchgoers in general all look like hypocrites and fake christians.

What is his issue with Volunteer firefighters?

id like to know his issue as well

@@mikeunt7021 I agree. Why would he even be talking about that subject in the first place? He should have encouraged volunteering if anything. Sounds like a church to avoid to me

@@signumxmagnum Its the other way around, people with honor and integrity would inform authorities on wrongdoings & crooks would defend their own or have their no snitch policy.

@@pasta502 People with honor and integrity do not snitch, do not form lynch mobs at the drop of a news article, and stand by their comrades even when they know those comrades are wrong. That these men chose to stand beside someone who confessed to misdeeds speaks volumes of their loyalty to him. If no firefighter will work the job without someone picking pennies from the jar, maybe it's high time firefighters stop being a volunteer position and start being treated like a proper profession. Until then, the people of that community have a whole fire department's worth of gear and space. I'm sure that those moaning freaks who agree with this government slander will gladly take up the cause that they believe these men were retroactively never worthy of. I'm sure they're lining up as we speak. Right? RIGHT?

@@pasta502 Lied for himself and others to get paid more pension. Lied to scam tax payers. If he didn't lie an try to scam he would have Honor and Integrity. Simple. He knew what he was doing an so does the people that Quit.

Ironically they are the state with most forest fires

@Jesus Gonzalez It was challenging to translate the gutter English, but I do not believe you made any response to the original comment.

Thats what I thought too

Just wondering how the management was bad? ( I’m about to become full-time)

Thanks for ya work! :D Hope y’all doing well! In these times!

I was volunteer for nearly ten years on a rural department in western Kentucky, and it was pretty much ran by one family and a board. It’s good to be on a volunteer department if you have a good group of people running it, and a good crew. Unfortunately about every department in my county always had nothing but problems... One department had a chief who was forging signatures on training records...

If you live there maybe you can explain the whole submitting false information to the pension fund thing.

I must say I don't fully understand what is the fuel behind the volunteering of such level of activities? These are no trivial tasks! Is it devotion in the love of the community? The self-satisfaction of achieving? For decades? If so it must be truly fascinating!

@@tianxiu in Australia (and perhaps elsewhere also) the average duration that a person Volunteers in any Emergency Service Organisation is 3 to 5 Years. Service to Community is a very big part of why people Volunteer, the acquisition of Skill and Experiences not available to the average person are other reasons and also (not to put too fine a point upon it) the fact that many women like dating Uniformed Men.

@@Blackwater_House Thank you!

@@tianxiu In Norway, with the exception of helicopter rescue, some specialized firefighter units etc, all search and rescue is done by volunteer organizations. Im a member of the local Red Cross SAR group. We have an extremely large area with demanding terrain, partially on a mountain plateu, with altitude differences of as much as 1500m over extremely short distances. We currently operate three ATVs and four snowmobiles, one car for personell, one car for equipment, and one ambulance tailored for monitoring and advanced first aid, but not at the normal 'ambulance' level. Basically a primitive ambulance i suppose. Our municipality has one normal ambulance stationed here. It has an operating area of over two hours drive one way. If it is away, we have nothing but air ambulances for coverage. If the weather is bad, we have nothing. Me and a majority of the other team members here go by the principle of 'if we dont, no one else will'. Heli rescue is only available 35% of all missions due to weather or terrain. One mission this easter required a 100km snowmobile drive, one way, to retrieve 5 people struggling with frostbite, hypothermia and exhaustion. It took us 16 hours to make that drive due to terrain, high levels of snow melting, causing wet snow, water up to the waist, snowmobiles getting stuck, extremely short visibility, rain, etc. We made it out with all 5 people and were met by ambulances standing by on the road. We finished up, went back to the depot, washed and disinfected all our gear, had some pizza and went home. This is for free, no personal expenses with regards to clothing, uniforms, time or equipment is covered for. You are lucky if you get paid leave by your employer. Because no one else is there to respond if we dont. We average about 50 rescue missions a year. Search operations also take up a large amount of hours, but few choose to respond to them unless in our municipality. Because even if we are the only medical or rescue unit in our municipality at the time, we still get called out to rescues and searches across the county, a 4hr drive at the most. And most members are here to look out for our people, because if we cant, there is a chance no one else can either.

@@matiashogden1240 That is intensive!

Hell yeah, sounds like you need to run for one of those offices to protect the FD as well as potentially admin it.

Well what can be expected in Georgia, lying, cheating and fraud is their cup of tea.

thanks for the info piece

@Jesus Gonzalez the sherrifs office is far superior lol

@Jesus Gonzalez for their safety. Yeah, the thought mentality of 2021 clowns.

It's a lot more complicated than that, The area they cover gets lower insurance rates based on the grade of the department and their training. That's a huge financial incentive for every citizen. Many departments are struggling to keep people and are understaffed. The Chief may have been pressured or felt pressured to bolster his attendance and training numbers. Federal funding is also affected by these numbers.

The chiefs under investigation for fraud and it looks like he was stealing from the firefighters pension fund

Thanks for giving us more information than the news..for free

Annnnd I bet he had to do that in order to keep the retention of the VOLUNTEER fire fighters..

@@presidentnotsure1066 Nail. on. the. head.

Next time I read the comments first

What do you expect from a volunteer fire fighting department?? Obviously, these unpaid fire fighters were expected to show up as if they were paid. SMH. I would have walked away too, if I was treated with such disrespect. Obviously, the fire fighters stood behind their chief, or they wouldn't have walked away.

There standing up for a guy who was stealing from the pension fund

Well there goes every Democrat that ever lived.

@@yapandasoftware What an idiot.

@@musiclaboratory9694 Yeah I agree.. Leftist Democrats are all idiots.. good call.

@@yapandasoftware it's a fool that is 100% sure of anything.

@@musiclaboratory9694 You sure know a lot about being a fool. I can't compete with your superior foolish intellect. Heck you're probably a professor on the subject and I wouldn't stand a chance. Let's discuss Artificial Intelligence and neurophysiology instead so at least I'll have the advantage.

same

Is that sustainable? That would be amazing. Best of luck.

it takes a lot of fund raising events and a great community.

Where do you get the money for trucks you can't get it all from fundraisers and the cost for everthing that is needed

@@glenndoe7964 we get grants from the state sometimes and yea we have a very generous community

I love when these kind of stories leave the 'why' part out. Sounds as if he was doing some dirty shit and got caught and thinks that a department quitting is gonna save him. Sounds like an investigation should get on it's way. We will continue to see the bad ones weed themselves out like they've done nothing wrong to screw the communities they supposedly serve.

Ppl would rather stand by leadership than to stand by truth

They screwed their community The community needs people to fight fires, If you have the training, skills, experience and ability and you leave when the community needs you than you are quitting the community. That puts lives at stake. You can quit most other things and someone can pick up your slack but that, especially with no warning, is irresponsible, and an emotional move. This isnt a comment on the firing of the chief. They basically said "let the whole county burn", what if ot was your mother or father in a fire and they didnt have enough trained people to respond?

Sign up James

The chief falsified information to his pension fund. He deserves to be fired and have his pension revoked.

@Kali Shabazz Because they are literally volunteers. They lose nothing by leaving and gain nothing by staying. They can leave just because they don't feel like it if they like. This isn't their job nor do they have any obligations whatsoever.

The Georgia firefighters' pension fund informed the county government that the fire department had given them fasle information. Edit: www.northwestgeorgianews.com/polk_standard_journal/news/local/polk-firefighters-quit-in-response-to-chief-s-dismissal/article_f83e6c28-a772-11eb-92ae-73ef18015117.html

@@possumverde thank you for the link and explanation. Now, I'm not a journalist or anything - but my follow-up question (if I were the journalist) would be "what information did they falsely claim?" Like not putting a middle name on a form is a lot different than claiming 15 dependents. As someone who has had an employer actively audit my entire past work history looking for an excuse to fire me - just listing the wrong month on a date (+1/-1) was enough to get my co-worker fired for "lying on his resume" Sorta missing a bit of details on this story

They said he was sending in wrong stuff to the pension, in other words they are saying he was cooking the books That irrelevant. the community needs people to fight fires, If you have the training, skills, experience and ability and you leave when the community needs you than you are quitting the community. That puts lives at stake. You can quit most other things and someone can pick up your slack but that, especially with no warning, is irresponsible, and an emotional move. This isnt a comment on the firing of the chief. They basically said "let the whole county burn", what if ot was your mother or father in a fire and they didnt have enough trained people to respond?

@@whatabouttheearth then let the county governing body get off their pocketbooks and actually hire firefighters/paramedics to protect their communities and not rely on free labor from volunteers. The local govt. should already have enough stations and paid firefighters to cover the community and the volunteers are there to help. If they are relying on volunteers to save communities then they have their priorities in the wrong places.

@@bigcountry15151 one of the biggest threats to volunteer firefighting is paid professional firefighters. In a few cities that I have worked at; the volunteer firefighters were the ones fighting against paid firefighter positions because many of them will not get hired for those paid positions. The reason why: they will fail the minimal standards to get hired by the city or the promotion chances they have (i.e nepotism) disappear.

Of course they are doesn’t fit there propaganda you’ll catch on later though

At 1:00 into the video they say the city got a letter stating the chief submitted false information to a pension fund. The community is essentially saying they approve of possible corruption.

@West Coast Warlord998 they walked off in support of him not the town

It would be nice, just for once, if the media came out and told the Public the whole truth. Not smoke and mirrors.

@@richardharlow1748 you're presuming they know the truth. The media is only aware of what those in the know are willing to share. The Chief isn't talking, and the government's not allowed to. They've probably told us everything they know.

That's entirely possible. Robbing a bank to pay for Grandma's glasses is still a crime, albeit one that a foolish person might find justifiable.

He was trying to take care of his old timers that could run calls anymore but we're about to retire

@@christopherwallace3246 That sounds entirely likely.

Exactly

You're assuming he did something wrong. What if the allegations are false and his men know that, hence their protest? I've seen acts like this in the military to defend good NCOs and Officers, and the men who protested were justified in their defense of their leaders in those cases. When the crew are protesting like this, i take their concerns seriously.

Hey before you criticize those firefighters for quitting I suggest you strap up and volunteer as a firefighter. These guys are a rare breed of human being. They're brothers and sisters who stand shoulder to shoulder with each other and never leave a man down. Politicians fucking with pensions happens more times then you could possible imagine. But that doesn't mean you jeapordize the safety of a community. I commend those firefighters for quitting, that's the true meaning of brotherhood.

@@SoloRenegade, and you’re assuming he wasn’t investigated....If he was found guilty, then he deserves to be fired.. Sadly firefighters, cops and civil service employees will go to bat for their fellow co-workers, even when they are wrong.

@@rogerdean5313 Oh I agree. if found guilty, he should be fired. But not Before. Due process, presumption of innocence must apply. No punishment before conviction. That is how it is supposed to work in the US. Yes, we do watch each others backs, it's a requirement of the job. Nobody in the services such as police, military, firefighters...want anyone on their team who doesn't have their back. But we've turned in guys who did wrong too. but we stand by those who did no wrong.

@owo グーチmoshi lol i have seen so many cases where small towns have so much injustice. every one in every one else's business. many times they let their personal judgments and relationships cloud the truth. it is hard to throw someone you grow up with or has a relationship with your family in jail.

If that was meant to be funny sadly you missed the mark by a mile. Maybe go back to the range and practice on your marksmanship. You got the squeeze the trigger part down good though.

@@wpeale71341 This is just weird bro. Triggered by bad joke.