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Culture war: ‘The brotherhood of the fire department is long gone’

Internal division, animosity surface in PCFD as Village of Port Chester takes control of its regulations

In July, the Public Employee Safety and Health (PESH) Bureau of the State Department of Labor cited the Village of Port Chester with the serious infraction of having inadequately trained leadership in the volunteer department. Twelve of the 24 active officers—referring to chiefs, captains and lieutenants—had not received Fire Officer 1 and/or ICS 200 (Incident Command Systems) training, a qualification to hold the position.

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