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Now here is an example of firefighters failing to be accurate.

Here is what informed taxpayer said to the posting - "

5-as far as your "halloween joke" , in my over 20 years on the job I have NEVER seen anyone get detail pay on Halloween. Did you research and find out if this has cost anything to the city?? No?? just because something is written in a contract does not mean is costs the city anything!

6-your "waiting for releif" complaint. First- NO ONE gets 4 hours of overtime for getting relieved 15 minutes late. That is just flat out lazy research on your part!! Now I am sure that you investigated the number of times a year this late relief occurs?? RIght? Because before you accuse me of fraud and manipulating the system you would have all of the CORRECT facts right?? I mean because you are such a bastion of truth and knowledge and justice?? Right?? I didn't think so, the actual number of times this happens in a year could be counted on 2 hands. And if you bothered to look into this you would find that usually it is the rescue crews who are at the hospitals with patients well after their shift ends.

To Thedeal, SteveD, Scall024, and informed taxpayer. Here is what was posted"

7. The halloween joke ends immediately. According to the contract, (pg.19) in addition to the 14 paid holidays, if a member of WFD works on Halloween, civic or non civic duty, they get double time. Ridiculous rip off of the taxpayer.

8. The "waiting for relief" clause (pg.18) needs to go. Waiting for 15 minutes for relief, while hanging around, the member gets overtime. Boy can we work that to our advantage cant we? No where in private industry are there such fiscal abuses. To wit: all personnel should be salaried.

Where in the above post does it mention waiting for relief is "4 hours of overtime? it doesn't. That is your blatent twisting of black and white. It quotes the contract. So who is blowing things out of proportion?

This is the misinformation that "informedtaxpayer attempts to put forth:

6-your "waiting for releif" complaint. First- NO ONE gets 4 hours of overtime for getting relieved 15 minutes late. That is just flat out lazy research on your part!!

No one mentioned 4 hrs in the post. You did!

Here is what "TheDeal wrote:

Of all the blatant lies I've seen told by commenters here NONE have been so outrageous as Rob Cote saying we hang around for 15 mins to collect 4hrs of OT.

Again, inaccurate and not what was said.

Here is what Scall024 posted:

I agree that the personal attacks on the Warwick Fire Dept and its members have been over the top and off base. Mr. Cote continues to wonder why nobody takes him seriously.

There where no personal attacks except on the part of the firefighters, as there always are. What was posted was text from the contract and nothing more.

Still waiting for SteveD to address the first question. Please explain the 39,412 hrs of overtime after hiring 20 men. Looks like we got off track huh?