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JRollins,

Thank you for correcting me. Below is the letter to the chief I have sent on your behalf.

Dear Mayor and Chief,

In response to the article in the Warwick Beacon of March 29th, one of the WFD members that goes by the screen name of JRollins has stated that I am a liar because of my statement

"Last Sunday night at 8:41pm ladder 1 with 3 men left the Greenwich Ave. Stop & Shop with a birthday cake and candles. The individual states that all ladder trucks are manned by 2 firefighters. I would refer your attention to section 13 of the new statute that states that all trucks shall be manned during the "shopping expeditions". I do apologize for stating that 3 men where at the Stop & Shop, as I took it for granted that no responsible fire fighter crew would leave a $700,000 rig running and unattended. Since this individual has educated me to the fact that ladder trucks have only 2 men, and since the videos and the still photos clearly indicate 2 men inside the market, I would hope that the men are disciplined for leaving a rig unattended and running.

Further, doing my due diligence as a concerned taxpayer, the next time I see a piece of apparatus unattended I will proceed to lock the apparatus so as to insure its protection, and contact the police immediately and notify them of the taxpayer owned vehicle that is unattended while the purchase of birthday cake and candles is completed. I am sure that the police dept. will be all to happy to baby sit the rig while the men select the appropriate candles for the cake.

Please contact me when you have the time to review the video and the still photos. I thank your member for correcting my error in assumption.

Best regards,

Rob Cote