Volunteer firefighter at deadly MI fire reprimanded for missing work as snow plow operator
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Keith Swain called off work as a snow plow driver because he was fighting the Three Oaks fire that killed four people.
Swain is now being reprimanded for it.
Berrien County Roads Commission Director Louis Csokasy says per the roads commission contract, Swain is not allowed to have a second job, even if it is a job as a volunteer firefighter.
“This issues we have sometimes with our employees our contractual issues, we believe the contract says one thing they believe the other,” said Csokasy.
Csokasy says he understands the seriousness of a raging fire-but he says there is also a safety issue when there is one less driver to keep snow covered roads clear.
