Detroit to audit fire department after suspected drunken driving incidents
Detroit The city is launching an environmental audit of the Detroit Fire Department after two suspected drunken driving incidents this week, one in which a sergeant crashed a department vehicle.
A significant reduction of on-site leadership during the pandemic has led to a very serious problem, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said during a press conference Tuesday.
We re offering a great deal on all-access subscriptions. Check it out here. We don t know the extent of the problem, the mayor said. We re not here to focus on who is to blame, we re focused on how to solve it.
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Marc Klaith
As the former Marshall Fire Chief, I’ve witnessed firsthand the escalating crisis in the Minnesota fire service one that is costing firefighters their lives. The high incidence of illness particularly cardiac, cancer and mental health challenges is alarming and requires an immediate response. In January 2020, Howard Lake Fire Chief Daryl “Taddy” Drusch died of a heart attack just hours after responding to an emergency call. Fridley Fire Chief Mike Spencer also died from a cardiac line of duty-death in September 2020. Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of firefighters nationwide and is by far the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths in the fire service. According to the International Association of Firefighters, more than 12 percent of all firefighters will develop heart disease at some point in their lives.
Share February 27, 2021, 8:07 AM Leaders of Detroit s Local 344 of the International Association of Firefighters say an on-duty member s drunk-driving crash last Sunday doesn t signal a wider alcohol problem. But a few insiders claim otherwise in don t-use-my-name interviews with Shawn Ley of WDIV. We need a change as a department. Our guys are routinely drunk on calls, said one Detroit firefighter. Another confirmed firefighter said not all fire crews are bad, but they have a lot who party at work. Chief Robert Shinske is heading up the investigation into the firefighter driving drunk, but members of his own department point out that Shinske was suspended from the department in 2017 after being caught on camera parking a Detroit fire vehicle outside a bar in Dearborn.
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