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Posted By:EMT-P too at February 26, 2008 9:08 AM (Suggest Removal)
You just dont't like anyone, do you EMT-P?
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Posted By:EMT-P too at February 26, 2008 9:10 AM (Suggest Removal)
Are you a disgruntled former employee of Tri-Town too?
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Posted By:WorriedinWP at February 26, 2008 9:43 AM (Suggest Removal)
From what I hear, there isn't even going to be a question of wether the citizens want to keep Tri-Town or go with PACE on the warrent. Just a question of money to go to Tri-Town. I'm voting no on that one if that is the only choice we get. Tri-Town is no longer a grass roots service as described by the Tri-Town Lawyer. It is a private enterprize. Does anyone actually work there from the Tri-Town area anymore? From what I've seen and heard, the Chief ran them all off. If there is someone else out there willing to do the same, or better job, for free or less money, then I say let them do it! I don't care who it is. Just like calling someone to fix your toilet! The toilet is broke, you call around for the best price, maybe ask around to see who does good toilet repairs, and go with the cheapest plumber with a good reputation. Ive heard some grumblings about loosing the building and ambulances and all that too. Does anyone know if that is true?
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Posted By:EMT-P too at February 26, 2008 10:18 AM (Suggest Removal)
Ask EMT-P. He seems to know everything.
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Posted By:EMT-P too at February 26, 2008 10:50 AM (Suggest Removal)
There you go again EMT-P. bringing Dean Milligan into the comments again. You dont care about the people in Newry or Hanover or Rumford. All you care about is getting back at Milligan for something he may have done to you. Did he fire you for your bad attitude. You have a terrible attitude. Nobody likes working with you do they? Maybe you SHOULD leave the county.
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Posted By:WorriedinWP at February 26, 2008 10:51 AM (Suggest Removal)
It appears that EMT-P is not well liked in here. But I have to say, if that was the case for the Sumner guy, then that is concerning. I don't see where EMT-P is saying all Fire Chiefs in Oxford County are bad at all, Zach. In fact he's saying the same things that I've been hearing around town about Tri-Town. I don't care so much that they were supposedly going to a training, but I do hear that Tri-Town Ambulance going to Rumford a lot. And I've heard some not so good things about the ambulance up there.
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 11:40 AM (Suggest Removal)
Did I read this right? The Sumner Fire Chief ( Bob) and the West Paris Fire Chief ( Norm) were in the news? There was an issue with the both of them playing with themselves in the Kohls parking lot? What the heck??
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Posted By:Vader at February 26, 2008 12:10 PM (Suggest Removal)
Ok, thats nasty! Aside from that though, I hear what people are saying. I read this blog the other day and found it disturding: Posted By:Wp at February 23, 2008 12:57 PM
Whats going on in Tri-Town is that the rescue has to answer to a bunch of old fogies that have no idea what FIRE / EMS is all about. Our board is made up of a group of auxiliary has beens that want to give the rescue away to PACE. We finally got rid of the worst one a few months back but now the auxiliary went and hired him on as some kind of adviser. They have no right to do what they do. We’ve got write ups on the auxiliary and they should have been fired a long time ago. And we’ve got a lawyer on it and if any of them even look the wrong way on that board I’m going to sick them on them. They need to let the rescue run the rescue the way they want to. I would also like to say that I am sick of reading all of this stuff about Dean and Med-Care. Dean runs a great service and he has no interest in Tri-Town at all. Tri-Town is not going anywhere. We’ve gotten some money in and we’re all set now.
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 1:52 PM (Suggest Removal)
Ok, I wasn't actually fired. I was just kind of not scheduled anymore because I wasn't willing to vote Norm on as Rescue Chief anymore. I doubt my name is on the roster any more, I was disgusted, and stopped showing up. Anyway, I have to say that the above concerns are valid. Having worked there as a side job as a professional EMS worker,it was a joke. (I'm not saying that volunteers aren't professional, but ambulance work is how I make my buck) It was all a popularity contest with Norm and his buds. If you didn't fit in, you were out. The the Board for instance. How Norm and his cronies treated them was unacceptable. Clearly the board just wanted good things for Tri-Town and they were fought at every turn. And the Board were the ones who put Tri-Town together to start with. There are no more volunteers from the area there. Just a bunch of people from other ambulance services looking for easy extra money, which I why I was there. And then we'd get sent to Rumford all the time because someone up there overreacted to a nothing call or they were running a bunch of transfers and we'd end up camping out up there and leave the Tri-Town area uncovered. What a joke. Hats off to Denny for getting off the Board even though all he listens to is Norm right along with the Town Manager. Everything in the last article about Mary is true, she is biased in Norm's favor. If the town people were smart, they'd wholesale that joint before the insurance payments start to drop and the towns go even futher in the hole on it. Its just cesspool run by incompetants that defaces everything that Tri-Town once stood for (and I'm not referring to the board).
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 2:36 PM (Suggest Removal)
It sounds like things are a mess there...Why would anyone want that bad karma hanging around there? Sounds like Norm is a trouble maker. I hope the towns do the right thing and look at their options.
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 3:17 PM (Suggest Removal)
If you think Tri-Town and Med-Care are not associated somehow Zach, you are sadly mistaken. The policy manual when I worked there had Med-Care scratched out and Tri-Town written in! Cut from the same cloth my friend. Smells a little better in West Paris though.
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 3:45 PM (Suggest Removal)
Boy, I'm glad I keep checking in here. If you don't, these guys will take pot shots (Zach). If you mean "rat" in that I'm willing to tell the truth about what goes on with Norm and his cronies, then yes, that's me. Truly, that service is in a sad state of affairs. I ask you Zach, are you a crony? Some sort of Lemming that will follow Norm to the demise of what used to be a fine service?
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Posted By:CitizenKane at February 26, 2008 4:02 PM (Suggest Removal)
i live in one of the towns tri-town covers and i no longer work. the skuttlebutt is that all of the other towns want out of this tri-town mess except west paris for some reason. probably because they think they own the tri-town building or something. id personally like to see if there is a savings going with another service. at some point you just have to take the cart off the horse dig a deep hole walk it over there and shoot it. as they say that dog dont hunt.
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Posted By:EMT-P too at February 26, 2008 4:08 PM (Suggest Removal)
There you go again EMT-P. Bringing Dean into it. You said earlier that this blog is about Tri-Town, not Med Care. You don't even listen to your own advise. And the truth is, this article was about West Paris and 51 articles to vote on. You just twisted it to make argument. If you have something against Milligan you need to take it up with him, not Oxford County.
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 4:11 PM (Suggest Removal)
Well that wasn't me EMT-P, but I did hear that story. That happened long after I left. I've heard some even more nasty stories involving some of the "sleeping arrangements" with the staff at Tri-Town of late. I know some folks that still do time there and there was a big issue with the bedding being "contaminated"! Sometimes even when there is only one person on duty because they like to vigorously "browse" certain internet sites.
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 4:22 PM (Suggest Removal)
So, are you saying there are some immoral and unethical things going on at Tri-Town Rescue? I guess what I mean is are people using that station up there as a "cat house" or a "brothel" I would hope that people would have more respect for a building than that...but it appears that the manager up there doesnt have much respect for anyone else? Am I wrong?
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 4:23 PM (Suggest Removal)
Its hard not to bring up Tri-Town and Dean in the same sentence EMT-P too (very original nic by the way). If Dean took a hard left, he'd break Norm's neck. And if you know either of them, then you know that Norm has just been salivating over a way to get into the Med-Care fold. That was the talk of the rescue when I was there. How great it would be to be under that umbrella, yadda yadda.
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 4:25 PM (Suggest Removal)
Does anyone know about Bob and Norm, the Sumner and West Paris Fire Chiefs getting caught playing with themselves in the Kohl's parking lot in Auburn? It was mentioned earlier
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 4:58 PM (Suggest Removal)
Well whatever...is it true? Were Norm and Bob caught masterbating in the parking lot at Kohls? Thats all I want to know..I dont care who brought it up. That EMT-P dude seems to have some strong opinions, but i guess my question is what makes him wrong? Ive stayed along with these blogs and I havent heard anyone say that these things arent true?
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Posted By:WestParisVoter at February 26, 2008 6:20 PM (Suggest Removal)
Just cathing up. Did I see that Pace or Medcare was taking over in West Paris? When is that starting? I work at Ledgeview and don't even get me started on Tri-town. Its aweful. Is there anything else going on the voting block?
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Posted By:pluto at February 26, 2008 6:40 PM (Suggest Removal)
Everybody has a boss. Does the buck stop with Norm or his boss? If Norm is so bad why is he still around?
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 6:46 PM (Suggest Removal)
With Norm. Because the Board is deadlocked by the lame by-laws which allow a salery employee to be voted into office by any Board Member or Employee that show up at the annual meeting. Each having an equal vote at that meeting. Thus, you don't like Norm (like me), you're off the roster! He just has to be sure he has enough votes at that meeting.
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Posted By:WorriedinWP at February 26, 2008 6:57 PM (Suggest Removal)
That is exactly why I am not voting for any of my tax money to go to Tri-Town! Like Citisen Cane said, shoot the horse!
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Posted By:pluto at February 26, 2008 7:51 PM (Suggest Removal)
So why is everbody blaming the mean dog (Norm)for biting instead of the owners ( the board and whoever wrote and voted the lame by laws in)who bought it and let it run loose?
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 26, 2008 9:27 PM (Suggest Removal)
Ok, so let me get this straight...A public official (Sumner Fire Chief) was charged with disorderly conduct and he is still fire chief? That makes absolutely no sence at all. I did a search on the advertiser democrat website and it appears that Norm from Tri-Town has some domestic abuse issues. Whats up with that???
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Posted By:WorriedinWP at February 26, 2008 9:45 PM (Suggest Removal)
OK! So shoot the horse, then the dog. Just stop wasting my tax money!
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 26, 2008 9:48 PM (Suggest Removal)
The Board did try to change the by-laws. But I'm sure you can see where the Chief, the Rescue, and the Board could butt heads on the issue. The Rescue Members (Employees) that are left would loose their front man to protect them from the real world if they did make changes. Anyone with any decency left long ago because of the sad state of affairs at Tri-Town. eg. It doesn't matter if you are qualified to be the Chief, you just have to be popular and be willing to sell your soul to protect the mongrels. I seriously doubt that the by-laws were ever really meant to be intepreted as they have been as well. In fact, I recall seeing at least three different sets of by-laws while I was there.
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Posted By:Fred at February 27, 2008 1:46 PM (Suggest Removal)
Cant we all just get along
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 27, 2008 1:59 PM (Suggest Removal)
I just am wondering why these administrators of the public safety departments of these towns think they are above the law? You got the Sumner Fire Chief playing with himself in the Kohl's parking lot. You have Norm kicking people off scenes that have something to do with the patient there, You got a lawyer for Tri-Town that has a conflict of interest with the people involved? When does it end? I would hope that people will make the right choice and explore their options for ambulance coverage....this is crap!
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Posted By:WorriedinWP at February 27, 2008 2:12 PM (Suggest Removal)
So Tri-Town just went to Rumford, for a pretty good reason it sounds like. I saw that Pace came down to the rescue barn in west paris. From what I heard on the scanner, Tri-Town just sat at the Med-Care station. So we didn't take any paients, I'm guessing we didn't make any money. Do we receive any money from Med-Care for going up there to cover their area? I guess my point is, if we have to go there, shouldn't Med-Care at least let us take a call so we can make some money while they cover their own town?
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Posted By:jim duggan at February 27, 2008 7:20 PM (Suggest Removal)
What does Med Care charge for other than billing patients, town subsidy, community education classes, and ALS intercepts? What does United and Pace charge for? Seems like this Med Care thing is a bad deal....my opinion only
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 28, 2008 9:34 AM (Suggest Removal)
Actually, I don't think that Stoneham charges anything, but I think that most service do charge when they transport a patient these days. I don't think that Pace charges for intercepts though, at least they didn't when I was at Tri-Town. I read recently that they charge no subsidy to the towns they cover at Pace or United.
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Posted By:FiredByTriTown at February 29, 2008 10:27 AM (Suggest Removal)
Are you sure that is the case "bonehead"? There are services out there that charge no subsidy because they know how to manage the money they take in from billing. Perhaps United and PACE are examples of that and the difference is that they know how to manage money? Even if that is not the case, at least they are not charging their towns anything which is certianly nice, wouldn't you agree? I'd imagine that if you were an administrator at a service that does charge because they can't manage their money, or even one that wants to throw up a building on the taxpayers dime, then you wouldn't agree, huh!?
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Posted By:G at March 1, 2008 12:27 PM (Suggest Removal)
here is the most recent article on whats going on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGVnH39UzI8&mode=related&search=
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Posted By:jim duggan at March 1, 2008 9:03 PM (Suggest Removal)
Did anyone go to the West Paris town meeting? I was snowed in... and couldnt make it.Did they fire that Norm guy? seems like he has some bad karma...Him and the Sumner Fire Chief...in the Kohls parking lot
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