Same stuff has happened in the Salisbury Fire Department with drunks driving city vehicles. Interesting how the Detroit Fire Department is protecting this fireman by refusing to post his name.
Detroit Battalion Chief Crashes SUV, Arrested for DUI
3.1.2021
Battalion chief was missing during an earlier fire
Shawn Ley and Kayla Clarke, WDIV with permission
DETROIT (WDIV) – A Detroit fire chief’s SUV was found dangling above the Lodge Freeway at Milwaukee and Baltimore early Monday morning.
Sources told the Local 4 Defenders that the driver of the SUV was the Detroit Fire Department’s Chief 5. That chief was taken into custody on Monday. Sources said the chief was driving under the influence.
The incident began Monday morning at 2 a.m. when a call came out about a fire on Detroit’s west side at Majestic and Livernois.
Chief 5 was supposed to be at the call, he would serve as the [incident commander] of the firefighting operation. Repeated calls were made on the radio, but Chief 5 could not be reached, sources said.
Eventually, Chief 5 was found in the department’s SUV, hanging over the Lodge Freeway. He was unable to get out of the SUV. He said he was not injured.
This incident comes one week after a Detroit firefighter on the east side crashed a fire engine. The department said he was driving drunk.
FirefighterNation: Detroit Firefighters Speak Out About Drinking, Partying on the Job
No surprise here. Fakey Jakey set the standard for booze-hound public employees.
Must be nice to be one of Jake’s “boys”.
Now that we have learned to worship firemen since 911 they are allowed to do whatever , firemen are not heroes , they do the job they applied for , police are not heroes , they do the job they applied for . Most have applied for these jobs because of the pure BS that the media portrays them to be (heroes) for sleeping all day and riding in vehicles all day . Just another branch of the corrupt and dishonest government .
I know SFD has a lot of problems, but what is the proof of DUI’s occurring while driving government vehicles. If there is, then something needs to be done. If there isn’t, it’s no different than what the democrats did to Justice Kavanaugh. Open end accusations are not right, no matter the target.
How dare you anonymous at 9:23 am!
My Uncle Bill “Pinky” Higgins was a fireman and a hero.
Chief William Emerson Higgins, 82, of Salisbury, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021 at Tidal Health Peninsula Regional. Born in Seaford, DE, he was the son of the late Emerson G. Higgins and Sarah Elizabeth Graham Higgins.
Bill, also known as “Pinky” was a 1956 graduate of Seaford High School. He earned his nickname from wearing pink socks in high school. In 1959 Bill was appointed as a police officer with the Seaford Police Department. He retired in 1980 as a Lieutenant after 21 years of service. He also served as Chief of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department. In 1980, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the City of Salisbury Fire Department and served in that position until 1992 at which time he was selected to be the Fire Chief. In 2000, he retired and worked part time with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office in Court Security. He was involved with leadership and administrative duties at Salisbury Fire Station No. 2 up to the time of his death.
Bill graduated from the FBI National Academy, 93rd Class, and also from the Delaware State Police Academy. He was recognized by the Seaford Jaycee’s 1964 “Outstanding Young Man of the Year”. He was past president of the Delaware Chiefs of Police, past president of “Sussex County Fire Chiefs, and was past president of the Delaware State Fire Chiefs, in which he led the statewide effort to install the 911 system. He was inducted into the Delaware State Firemen’s Hall of Fame, the Delmarva Firemen’s Hall of Fame, and the Firemen’s Historical Hall of Fame. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with Hiram Lodge #21 in Seaford, DE for the past 55 years. He also served as past President and Board Member of several Pots Nets Communities in Long Neck, Delaware.
Chief Higgins was also a member of the Delmarva Gospel Music Association and spent the later years of his life attending many Delmarva Gospel sings and Carey’s Church Camp in Millsboro. He was a proud “member-owner” of Delaware Electric Cooperative and developed a camaraderie with the DEC electric lineman crews in the Long Neck area.
Bill is survived by 4 nephews, Jack Dennis Jester (Kay) of Salisbury, Leroy Brewington (Ann) of Delmar, DE, Kerry Lee Wilber of ME, and Kim David Wilber of PA; 3 nieces, Cindy Anderson (Greg) of Bethel, DE, Twyla Marshall of Milford, DE, and Kelli VanHorn of FL; and numerous great & great-great nieces, nephews & cousins. He also counted as family the many Fire Department, Police, and Public Service families in Salisbury and Seaford, as well as fire service acquaintances in France and Turkey.
In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Phyllis Higgins Brewington and Ruth Higgins Wilber; and a niece, Beth Jester.
A firefighter’s funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:00 am at the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church in Salisbury with his nephew, Rev. Jack Jester officiating. There will be a visitation on Saturday at the church from 9:30 – 11:00am. There will also be a visitation Friday evening from 6:00 – 8:00pm at the Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. Following the Saturday services at church, interment will be held at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford, DE with the Hiram Masonic Lodge and the Salisbury and Seaford Fire Departments honoring Chief Higgins.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Salisbury and or Seaford Fire Departments.