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Jamie Burleigh's avatar

SCBA fire fighting packs are positive flow, so if the seal is broken isn't the air is pushed out? Smoke and toxins do not get breathed in.

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Well it’s good to see the Fire Department elect one of its own members instead of the Selectmen installing another random Building Inspector or something like that to the role of Fire Chief like they previously did.

Now, the big question remains whether or not this board will follow through with the will of the Fire Department and appoint the elected Chief….it was brought to light at the last BoS meeting that the Fire Department always holds their annual elections but there is zero consistency on the back end with the trivial act of the BoS confirming the election results. Hopefully this signals a beginning to the end of the corruption that plagued Nottingham in recent years.

Another thing worth noting, elected Chief Curry is in blatant violation of NFPA regulation by sporting a full beard.

This is a liability risk to the town for ignoring SCBA seal requirements.

National Fire Safety Standards and Protection are clear on this issue.

Everyone in the Fire Fighting community understands this. These are not new guidelines. It’s fire fighting 101.

Not the best look for a Department and town trying to navigate its way through the messy fall out of terminating it’s long time, well known and respected Chief.

The BoS need to address this violation before someone from the state level or worse is made aware and comes down on the town.

Not like Nottingham needs anymore negative attention.

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