Beer at the Fire Hall
This fire department is learning the hard way that drinking at the fire hall is inappropriate (from mlive.com).
Officials say a group of firefighters play Texas Hold 'em poker and some drink beer every Monday night after training exercises.In a report that aired Wednesday, Fox 66 Anchor/ Investigative Reporter Jim Kiertzner showed up at the hall with a video camera and asked Krupp and Quaderer whether "hoisting a cold one" rather than a ladder was good public policy.
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Township Treasurer Cheryl L. Bishop said she was vaguely aware that some of the Fire Department's 50-man volunteer force drank at the hall.
"I didn't know that it went on all the time," Bishop said, vowing to "definitely do something" to "curtail" the practice.
In the past, the fire department not only provided an important service to the community, it was also a social club. Considering the liability issues surrounding alcohol consumption at the fire hall, I believe the days of have a cold one after training are gone.
