HAMPTON – A former president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs will be coming to Hampton to perform a study of the town’s Fire Department as the fire chief s leadership is being questioned by the firefighter s union.
Selectmen voted unanimously recently to hire retired fire chief Richard Marinucci as an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive study for a sum not to exceed $25,000.
Marinucci, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has 39 years of experience in the fire service, 32 years as chief for the Farmington Hills Fire Department and the Northville Township Fire Department. He also was the author of the “Fire Chief’s Guide to Administration and Management” and the editor of the seventh edition of the “Fire Chief’s Handbook.”
The fire will not, however, delay the expected September production launch, according to a company spokesman.
A report from the police department there states the truck, according to its driver, Pirakalathan Pathmanathan, had just cleared testing inside the facility, and the fire started about 10 minutes into the road test.
Pathmanathan, director of power train for Lordstown Motors, told police when he noticed the truck was “driving weird,” he pulled over, and the truck started on fire from underneath, the report states.
It happened on a four-lane divided road just after 12:30 a.m. Jan. 13 in a neighborhood that appears to be all business and office space. No one was injured. The truck was towed and later released to Lordstown Motors, states the report, provided to this newspaper by WFMJ 21.
Lordstown Motors Endurance Electric Truck Catches Fire While Testing ++ The incident with the electric pickup truck happened in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
On January 28, Lordstown Motors announced it would soon produce its first Endurance beta prototype fleet. What the company did not mention was that another prototype caught fire on January 13 in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
According to the
Farmington Press, the police department was called and arrived where the fire occurred at 12:31 AM. The exact location seems to be the intersection between 12 Mile Road and Copper Creek Lane, as shown below.
The driver told the cops he was testing the Lordstown Endurance. It was that electric pickup truck’s first test after it was “cleared inside the facility.”
Health/Safety activities
• Jewish Family Service presents psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey London, as he provides an introduction to anxiety disorders and how to prepare emotionally for the winter months and what anxiety looks like in children and adults, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Jan. 6, via Zoom, adv. register at jfsdetroit.org/drlondon.
• During the holiday season, the Farmington Hills Fire Department offers fire safety tips for those who decorate with live trees. Their fire education slogan is “Water Your Tree So We Don’t Have To!” The National Fire Protection Association emphasizes that trees must be watered daily and recommends cutting at least two inches off the base of the trunk prior to placing the tree in the stand. Artificial Christmas trees also pose hazards. If an artificial tree catches fire, the house can fill with smoke in a matter of seconds. The association recommends having working smoke alarms and a family escape plan, nfpa.org/holiday.
Fundraisers/Charitable activities
• Festival of Gifts Drive-Thru nativity story is 5-7 p.m. Dec. 13, Christ Church Cranbrook, 470 Church Road, Bloomfield Hills, visitors are asked to drop off an unwrapped toy for youth, christchurchcranbrook.org/event/festival-of-gifts-church-at-home.
• Oxford High School Middle School students have created a community-wide can drive, with promotional activities, Dec. 14-18, to benefit the FISH Food Pantry. To add some school spirit to the can drive, each school level will compete against one another to see who donates the most between them (high school level vs. middle school level vs. pre-k/elementary school level). Donation times are 3-7 p.m. Dec. 14-17. Three school buses will be used as collection points, with the tagline “CAN we fill a bus???” One bus will be parked in the Oxford High School north parking lot, one in the Oxford Middle School lot and one will be travel between the elementary schools throughout the week. For more infor