{"id":95944,"date":"2022-05-18T15:39:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=95944"},"modified":"2022-05-18T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:15:50","slug":"brome-lake-mayor-addresses-tensions-between-the-fire-department-and-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/brome-lake-mayor-addresses-tensions-between-the-fire-department-and-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Brome Lake Mayor addresses tensions between fire department and administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brome Lake Fire Department has formed a union to address certain issues with the administration that oversees the municipality\u2019s fire and public safety department. Since around 2018, the Brome Lake Fire Department and the Sutton Fire Department have shared the same administration. Town of Brome Mayor Lake Richard Burcombe said that the relationship was working, and benefited both municipalities, up until recently. As a result, the town is bringing in human resources to speak to both the firefighters and the administration to get a better understanding of the issues at hand and to move forward with finding a solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGoing back to January, we had a meeting with the firefighters by Zoom, Gilbert (Director General for the town) and myself,\u201d said Burcombe. \u201cIt seems along the way now that their demand has changed for certain reasons. So, we hired a human resources company, which is neutral, that will come in and evaluate what the problem is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor refrained from providing details about the issues brought forward by the firefighters\u00a0<\/span>until human resources gets down to the root of the problem due to a lack of clarity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to wait until the human resources report is complete. Then we\u2019ll certainly have a better picture of what is going on if everyone cooperates with the human resources person and is able to talk to the human resources person individually and not as a group,\u201d explained Burcombe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Burcombe added that individual discussions will help make more headway in better understanding the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice when you\u2019re individual because you can relate to the human resources person and give a certain perspective you might be hesitant to give when you\u2019re in a group,\u201d he noted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When word got out that the fire department formed a union, it lit up social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have sent me stuff on social media, mind you I\u2019m not on social media to comment. I\u2019ve seen a few comments, they\u2019re out in left field or right field. (\u2026) I won\u2019t answer them on social media that\u2019s for sure. If somebody comes to meet me, I\u2019ll answer them in person for sure. That\u2019s why we hired the human resources person to get it down straight because one person tells us one thing, one person states another, and we want the real picture,\u201d explained Burcombe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Burcombe emphasized that the town respects the fire department\u2019s choice to form a union.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA union doesn\u2019t bother us a bit. The firefighters have to pay for a union so it\u2019s too bad it got to that point. Whatever reason, they brought in the union, that was their choice; that\u2019s democracy. We will work with the union as we (the municipality) worked with the union formed at the municipal garage in 2013, before I was elected, for whatever reason they brought it in. That\u2019s it and it\u2019s not a problem for us,\u201d said Burcombe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the current situation, the fire department continues to provide its important services to the community as they work with the town to find a solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be open and be honest and we will go from there,\u201d Burcombe concluded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CIDI has reached out to the Brome Lake fire department union for comment and they are supposed to get back to the station in the upcoming days regarding a follow-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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