The London Firefighters’ Association suffered a double blow Thursday in Toronto before the divisional court of appeal.
It lost both an application for judicial review and for an injunction against the city and London police commission, concerning the dispatch of fire vehicles by police personnel.
Art Ordish, association president, said today the group was “not knocking the system” in its bid for an injunction to stop police personnel from dispatching fire vehicles, but objected to communications’ room employees not having firefighting experience.
An arbitration board ruled in October that communications’ room civilians are employees of the Police commission and not firefighters. The association sought to have the civilians classified as firefighters.
Mr. Ordish said he was “really disappointed” because “the firefighters have tried to right a wrong” concerning the use of non-firefighters in the communications centre.
The association will have to pay all costs for the court appearances. An appeal is “not likely”, he said.
Fire Calls Today:
- 12:18 am, 607 Griffith Street, logs burning
- 1:12 am, 1250 Wellington Rd., false alarm
- 10:24 am, Sarnia Gravel Rd., garbage fire
The London Firefighters’ Association suffered a double blow Thursday in Toronto before the divisional court of appeal.
It lost both an application for judicial review and for an injunction against the city and London police commission, concerning the dispatch of fire vehicles by police personnel.
Art Ordish, association president, said today the group was “not knocking the system” in its bid for an injunction to stop police personnel from dispatching fire vehicles, but objected to communications’ room employees not having firefighting experience.
An arbitration board ruled in October that communications’ room civilians are employees of the Police commission and not firefighters. The association sought to have the civilians classified as firefighters.
Mr. Ordish said he was “really disappointed” because “the firefighters have tried to right a wrong” concerning the use of non-firefighters in the communications centre.
The association will have to pay all costs for the court appearances. An appeal is “not likely”, he said.
Fire Calls Today:
- 12:18 am, 607 Griffith Street, logs burning
- 1:12 am, 1250 Wellington Rd., false alarm
- 10:24 am, Sarnia Gravel Rd., garbage fire
