Drive Home Cars?
The Knoxville FD is trying to save money be reducing the number of drive home cars (from www.wate.com).
KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- A spokesman for the Knoxville Fire Department says it has implemented some changes to reduce expenses. They come after allegations of unacceptable overtime.One change is reducing the number of drive home cars from 18 to 14. This happened on Monday.
One of the complaints in a grievance filed by Capt. Jamie Faucon is that her car was taken away. Spokesman Charlie Barker says that was done to save money.
Only supervisors such as the chief, deputy chief and fire marshal will now have cars. They're on-call 24/7. This change is planned to save money on fuel and personnel expenses.
Is it a common thing for career departments to have drive home cars for their officers?
At our volunteer fire department here in town, everyone has a drive home car. Of course, it's their own car! (hehehehe)
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Around here, cops have take home cars. But on the fire side, the only take home cars on the career side are those who are on duty 24/7 such as the duty and safety officers. On the vounteer side, most stations have a 'chief's' or duty vehicle but it is generally only the chief or his appointed duty officer who takes it home on certain designated nights.
Posted by: Mia at March 3, 2006 11:09 AM
