September 19, 2024
Backed by his peers in the Past Port Chester Fire Department Deputy Chiefs Association, Kevin McFadden addresses the Board of Trustees during their meeting on Sept. 3 to voice concerns about the perceived urgency of effort to address a PESH violation notice deemed serious. The state agency found half of the department’s officers are undertrained.
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Half of PCFD officers, chiefs are inadequately trained
State Department of Labor issues citation; Village says it’s working on a remedy to resolve before Oct. 4 deadline
A July 29 Notice of Violation from the Public Employee Safety and Health (PESH) Bureau of the State Department of Labor, which the Westmore News received through a Freedom of Information Law request, cited the fire department with a “serious” infraction related to training. As of May 8, “the employer did not provide training and education for 12 of 24 chiefs and officers of Port Chester FD requisite to perform their assigned duties,” it states. The dozen firefighters have not had their Fire Officer 1 or ICS 200 (Incident Command Systems) training.
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