>Village Should Appeal
Reading the newspaper account of this story I wondered who was responsible for maintaining the oxygen tank. I don’t know Kevin Reilly, however, if he arrived to a fire and had low oxygen he was not prepared to do his job. As it turns out he is responsible for maintaining his equipment. Not defending anyone, Bombace or otherwise, but if reilly got to house fire unprepared and complained about the air level in his tank, why bother showing up to work or even bother responding to the fire. As an outsider reading the report, it seemed to me the supervisor took the radio and flashlight possibly to ensure the safety of the firefighter who was prepared to do the job.
As far as the valley cleanup, I don’t read anything into that other than other firefighters cleaned up without complaint. Sounds to me like this fella really doesn’t want to work.
The village should appeal. Maybe there is good reason Rielly didn’t get a promotion. From what I read the guy was unprepared putting himself in danger along with residents. I don’t think I would want him responding if I had an emergency.
No opionion about Bombace since that name is never mentioned in the article.
Village should appeal
