The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-16, Page 1F T SEOrION
Employers assure board
of daytime co-operation
Representatives of local industry
and business has assured the Wing -
ham Area Fire Board they are will-
ing to co-operate with the fire
department.
The group — representing the
Wingham Business Association,
Royal Homes, CKNX Broadcasting,
Wingham and District Hospital,
and Western Foundry a— attended
the board's regular May meeting.
Last month Fire Chief Harley
Gaunt told the board the depart-
ment was again having trouble get-
ting enough firefighters to answer
calls between the hours of 8 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Because of this complaint, the
board decided to invite industry
and business to send their represen-
tatives to the May meeting.
Mr. Gaunt told the representa-
tives that in the ideal situation, the
department would like each large
business and "industry to make at
least two members of the staff
available when the alarm goes off
during these hours.
The most recent concerns arose,
he said, when changes in employ-
ment and other factors, including
the refusal of one business to allow
an employee to leave during work-
ing hours, helped to contribute to
an alarmingly small turnout for a
fire call.
Each of the representatives
attending, however, assured the
board that their companies are will-
ing to co-operate, even those who
now have no employees who are on
the fire department.
In addition, all offered to make
their company bulletin boards
available to the department for
recruiting purposes.
"The first approach is to find the
right kind of people and then go to
you and ask for your co-operation,
rather than conscript (recruits),"
Deputy Chief Lynn Hickey told the
group.
Board Chairman Ron Beecroft
pointed out that the board is aware
there are some, jobs in town where a
person would be unable to leave if
the work had reached a critical
stage.
"We certainly don't want to
abuse the situation," Chief Gaunt
said. "That's what happened quite
a few years ago."
In that vein, he said it's the
department's job to stress to fire-
fighters that if they respond to a
call and they're not needed, "then
it% their responsibility to get back
to the job."
In response to a question on,
responsibility for Workers' Com-
pensation for a firefighter injured
while on department duty, therep-
resentatives were told the claim is
registered through the fire depart-
ment.
Each of the representatives has
promised to send a letter to the
board which acknowledges the
willingness of their company to co-
operate.
A vote short of unanimit
oard agrees on puiiiii.cr
ItRs a different truck, will cost company at a price of $164,555. of Win ham, the town was asking
slightly less,
and tate municipalities At that time,
. Pay
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asked that the board defer the pear ing: that their councils were not
chase for at least a year. In the` case (Continued on Page 2A) ,
wont have lb pay ar° i} until
1990.
However, the Wingham Area Fire
Board still has agreed — in a 9-1
recorded vote — to proceed with
the purchase of a-: new, pumper
truck immediately.
At its regular May meeting, the
board finally ended more than two
hours of discussion on the issue by
agreeing to purchase the new truck
from Hub Fire Equipment of Cam-
bridge at a cost of $164,323.
The figure was one of three
quotes received since the April
meeting when the board decided to
purchase the truck from another
Clifford -area family
mourns child's death
A Clifford -area family is mourn-
ing the loss of a son, killed last
Wednesday in a truck -bicycle acci-
dent.
Andrew Dettman, six-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Reval Dettman
—VICE R OCN arje i, °ps, left, a le ns hi
reset with carat-
cates-to gorrernoxafee their 25 years of service in a volunteer capacity , wiWingham and Dis-
trict Hospital.
The presentationsesenlattorwere made hy Mary Lou Thompson, centre, chairman of the hospi-
tal's•'cf' gaVernors, taqfpial luncheon meeting to honor all of the.hospital's volunteers,
of RR 1, Clifford, died last Wednes-
day evening at Listowel Memorial
Hospital, according to a spokesman
for the Ontario Provincial Police at
Wingham.
The accident occurred at around
5 p.m. May 10 on County Road 30
in Howick Township, say the OPP.
Wilfred Jenkins, 68, of Williams
Lake, B.C. and his 69 -year-old wife
Marjorie were northbound on the
county road in a truck. The truck
was pulling a trailer, report the
OPP.
The child also was northbound
on the county road, say the police,
riding his bicycle on the gravelled
shoulder. According to the OPP, the
boy turned his bicycle and was
struck by the right rear of the truck
and trailer.
He was taken to hospital by a pri-
vate automobile where he was pro-
nounced dead several hours later.
Andrew Dettman was the
beloved son of Reval and Sharon
Dettman of Howick Township;
brother of Katie and Aaron, both at
home; dear grandson of John and
Marie Neilman of Palmerston and
Ken and Evelyn Dettman of How -
ick Township;, great-grandson of
Jake and Johanna Nelemans of Lis-
towel. His death is also mourned
byaa� number of aunts,, uncles and
cousins.
Friends called at the F M. Garrett
Funeral Chapel, Clifford, Friday
afternoon and evening. Removal
was made Saturday to St. John's
Lutheran Church, Clifford, for ser-
vice at two o'clock. Interment fol-
lowed in Clifford Cemetery
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