West Roxbury firefighters having their barbecue today, anyway
UPDATE: The Bulletin Newspapers report on today's memorial service as well as a barbecue banquet provided by Tex's BBQ of Dedham as a way for the firefighters to thank West Roxbury.
They're not letting the city or the union tell them how to thank West Roxbury for its support after the Tai Ho fire.
According to the Bulletin Newspapers, the men of Engine 30 and Ladder 25 will start their cookout thank-you barbecue immediately after a 1 p.m. memorial service for Warren Payne and Paul Cahill - in the Hyde Park Savings Bank parking lot next to the Centre Street station.
Fire brass had ordered the cookout canceled earlier this week, saying they did not feel it an appropriate way to honor the two men's memories.
The new plaques unveiled today (photos courtesy Bulletin Newspapers):
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forgot the other part...
...which was that BFD command objected to the event being held AT the station, because the BBQ's and crowd would get in the way if a call came in.
Yes, that was one of the reasons
And yet, that station continued to function in the week after the Tai Ho, when the front of the station was constantly full of flowers and people coming by to give their condolences.
In any case, props to the firefighters for coming up with a commonsense alternative: The parking lot right next door. Now I wonder what their punishment will be?
i'm guessing
The rank and file at this station won't take the hit, they guy (chief) that runs the station will.
Brass won't risk the bad press of punishing the rank and file.