Transcripts from Vilchock v. Nottingham Board of Selectmen

The Town Attorney paid to obtain transcripts of the second and third days of the hearing for Vilchock v. Nottingham Board of Selectmen. As these transcripts were acquired using public funds, they are now public documents. I obtained them via a right-to-know request and am providing them to the public. They may be downloaded via the links below. 

My notes from the hearing were published here on the Nottingham Blog. See Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. Although several people who attended parts of the hearing said that what I reported matched well with what they heard, I did receive a comment from a person who did not attend the hearing, who complained about an error, saying that they “don’t have the time or desire to correct all of your written misinformation.” 

Thanks for that. I happen to have the desire to make corrections, and there was an error. So, here’s a comparison between what I reported and what the transcript says.

Here’s what I reported:

Curry was involved in the incident about the woman who was pinned by a tree and whose leg was broken. Curry first became aware of the incident when he heard the tone on the radio calling for an ambulance. Curry was not among the Firefighters who took the assignment. Later, the Chief called him to respond, too. When he received the call, Curry was in Epsom. To respond to the call he’d first need to go to his home in Deerfield to get his gear, then he’d have to travel to the scene of the incident in Nottingham. Curry was unaware at this time that the Chief had called off mutual aid. Curry said the full-time Firefighters who responded to the call made the request for mutual aid while they were traveling to the scene.

Here’s the transcript:

Q Okay. Can you tell me a little bit about the incident

with the woman who was pinned under a tree? Did you -- do you

have first-hand knowledge of that incident?

A Yes. I responded to that.

Q Okay. When the call came out, where were you?

A Epsom, New Hampshire.

Q And were you initially going to respond to that call?

A No.

Q What did you hear on the radio that day?

A Originally, I heard the call come in, and that was all

I heard because I only had a paging device with me at the

time. Received a phone call from the chief. Asked me if I

could respond. I made him aware of my location and that I

needed to go from Epsom to Deerfield to retrieve my own

vehicle because I was with a friend, and then respond to the

scene, so I did not have a radio until I got to my truck to

hear the rest of it.

Q Did you hear the calling off of mutual aid?

A Personally, I did not hear the call. No.

Q But do you know that it was called off?

A Yes.

Q Who was -- who called for mutual aid?

A The full-time crew that was on duty.

Q They were headed to the scene and called for mutual

aid?

A Correct.

Q When they were headed to the scene, did they know that

there was a woman pinned under tree?

A That was the report. Yes.

So, I mistakenly inferred that the truck and radio were left at home in Deerfield rather than being left at some other location in Deerfield - something not material to the issue at hand. Given that I’m not a trained court stenographer but instead someone taking notes and turning those notes that evening into a narrative people could read, this hardly seems to justify the vitriol.

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