Lubeck VFD
Lubeck West Virginia VFD is located in Wood County and approximately 5 miles south west of Parkersburg. Their total population is 1,276. For some time now there has been turmoil involving the departments fire chief that has now escalated to the state police being provided information that could include criminal charges. According to one inside sources e-mail to this author, the complaints derive from.
“The Fire Chief is being investigated on grounds he was and has been practicing emergency medicine in the field without a license or certification for the past 3 yrs. That has been in progress since Feb. of this yr. The firefighters discovered he had no license while doing the Insurance paper work related to treatment he rendered this year. IA complaint was filed with the State EMS Office, WV is investigating, however, their one and only investigator left the division to accept another job.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office says they can only investigate the condition of the Station and Equipment, Training all other complaints are out of their control, and they have no authority to intervene to correct ANY miss-conduct. The heat was applied, and now things are getting a little sporty to say the least. Word from the Department, The Chief is terminating and kicking out everyone that had anything to do with the complaints..This is scheduled to take place around Sept. 11th during the next business meeting."
Corroboration for these problems surfaced in a June 13, 2008 State Fire Commission meeting in Fairmont when fire marshal Lewis stated that “A complaint has been received against Lubeck Fire Department. A number of issues and criminal complaints are in this complaint. The criminal complaints have been turned over to the State Police. Another complaint which is outside the realm of the Fire Marshal’s authority has been turned over to the Office of Emergency Medical Service.
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