Recently, as you all have noticed, FFA was shut down and FSFA was established. While that change isn’t bad by itself, the fact that it is already operating while being unfinished is.
Mack, the fire chief, recently made make-ups mandatory so I attended a session 3 which covers basic firefighting stuff. While being at that session I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was basically the FFA curriculum copied and pasted. Not a single thing changed. This makes me question why we switched in the first place. On top of that, the instructor had no experience whatsoever. He didn’t even get an introduction into hosting. This simply shows how poorly organized this all is, the curriculum isn’t even finished and graduation is apparently planned for 11th January. FFA even had an introduction course ready to be used.
Now, moving on to SCFD HICOMM; more specifically: The deputy chief Tearfclone and fire chief Mack. I’ll start off with this: I said earlier “This makes me question why we switched in the first place.” (Side note: This is just speculation and doesn’t have to be true, it’s simply something to consider. Don’t take it for granted.) Mack leads FFA and SCFD, which means he leads two departments. Now a new bill was being established at the time to finalize employment. In that bill, it was stated that no individual would be allowed to lead two departments at the same time. Now, I’ve been told that it was already not allowed before that. So that could be a reason for Mack unifying both FFA and SCFD so he would be in safe waters again.
Another thing about Mack is, he was very active when FSFA kicked off. He did a lot and he did it well. But now he has gone inactive again and you don’t see anything from him. Just like many times before. Some individuals in the fire department told me how frustrating it is to work with not only him but also the deputy chief, which I’m getting to now:
Tearfclone. He did a lot when he was a captain and assistant chief, but as soon as he got deputy chief he went inactive. I’ve asked multiple people this question: “When was the last time tearf did something?” and the only answer I got was “I don’t know”. This is concerning and unacceptable. If the entire head of the department is inactive of course this new academy which needs a lot of work won’t work out. Something needs to be fixed and it needs to be fixed quickly. Tearf was promoted a few months ago and hasn’t done a lot if anything at all at that. I don’t think he’s able to be the deputy chief anymore.
I do get that both Mack and Tearf have very time-consuming jobs irl. But if you can not keep up with responsibilities in Firestone, then you should just resign. Simply because that’s better for you, so you can focus on real-life, and the department because someone who got more free time can take the position and do a better job.
With that being said I hereby call for the resignation of deputy chief Tearf simply because he is inactive and is not doing his duties. People contact him and get no reply or a reply that’s days too late. He should be replaced with someone who has more time and can actually keep up with the responsibilities that the deputy chief holds.
To finish off: I’m sure some of you will say: “You’re just butthurt/salty because you have been demoted to firefighter and been stripped of your position and deputy director.”. That’s not the case because I’ve talked to multiple people before posting this and they’ve agreed. I just want the wellbeing for this department. I can not obtain a high command position in the SCFD anymore anyway. I just think other people in the department are better suited for the job.
If you agree with most of it/all of it, please say “I agree”. I just want to really make a mark and give SCFD hicomm a wake-up call.