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as long as their driver's license is good... quote of the day from tampa fire chief dennis jones ... gotta link ya up another time ..... (all ya need is a G E D and a driver's license)


DUDE !! Pretty much ANYTHING IS .... LOL when it comes to these smell-meisters... listen the pinellas fireman stalker dude is BACK (spending MUCH of his time stalking ME but in the men's room hiding from me so that I can't take his picture or whatever they DO in the men's room. I SHUDDER to think, okay ... I SHUDDER TO THINK of it ... gad.... though I"m sure plenty of it is done thinking of me ...I mean I AM fine. ..... not that it matters yknow ... but th ey make such a point of it I Might as well, too... anyway .. this time he's smiling at me all friendly and such. Nauseating. Is this dude on psycho tropic DRUGS??? Because that makes me even MORE afraid of him and that way he looks over his shoulder to see whether I'm taking his picture .... that's just freaky... he's a freak. Why come yall not give him an IAFF sticker and just a shirt?? Why come yall not give him better drugs? Paranoia suits him. ANyhoooooo... scumbags of every stripe and insignia .... this HAS gone on forever so let's not pretend you'll get ME to say anything publicly which is not true .... and which is a BIG surprise .. I invite yall to an interesting lil exchange on another planted Tampa Trib article....) Interestingly, Mel Lohn, the firefighter, cop-loving mason is back for some more free tribune fun (connection to the trib and the set up editor's son, anyone??? What's funny as all get out is that SO MANY folks are on to these cretins before I say a WORD) yall are just about done torturing people on my watch. Too bad you broke down my car with the sunroof it could come do the job for you, huh... ???

oh, almost forgot .... (if I don't miss my guess since this was in 2005 this guy is living in a half million dollar home now AND we're paying him on in to eternity, ain't that SWELL??????)


On-job issues engulf fireman
Records show Capt. George Sucarichi, a union power, has been cited many times in his 27-year career.
By SHANNON COLAVECCHIO-VAN SICKLERPublished June 5, 2005
TAMPA - Longtime fire Capt. George Sucarichi was chided five years ago for exploiting the provision that allows Hillsborough County firefighters to work each others' shifts, yet county officials did not launch an inquiry until three months ago.
Chief William Nesmith says the time swap misuse by eight county firefighters including Sucarichi - identified as the worst offender - came to light because of various accusations lobbed during a recent rift in the fire union's leadership.
But personnel records show Nesmith signed off on a 1999 evaluation in which Sucarichi's supervisor noted his frequent absences and urged "a more regular attendance."
The evaluation is one of several reviews from Sucarichi's 27-year career, during which supervisors lauded his leadership skills and his popularity among peers - but chided him for taking excessive amounts of leave, showing up late for shifts, questioning the orders of his superiors and failing to perform basic duties.
Today, Sucarichi is a fire captain making more than $70,000 a year and living in a $456,000 Lutz home. A powerful union leader, he recently was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush to the board of directors for the state's job training agency.

This, even though Sucarichi has not reported for his job since October - and worked just 700 hours during the past 21/2 years. Sucarichi uses the time exchange provision and a bank of "professional leave" hours created by union members to get out of his scheduled shifts, Nesmith said.
Records show that since November 2002 Sucarichi used the time swap provision for more than 3,500 of his 7,000 paid hours - far more than seven other firefighters whose work schedules also are being scrutinized by the county, the Internal Revenue Service and the Florida Retirement System.
Sucarichi, political affairs director for the union, said he is making the most of the time swap to spend time with his school-age children and deal with union matters.
The contract says firefighters can take up to 120 time exchange hours a month, or more if their supervisors approve it.
Sucarichi points out that his battalion chief signed off on time exchange hours exceeding the 120 hours - a fact that Chief Nesmith acknowledges and vows to prevent from now on.
"Nobody ever discussed with me the issue of exchanges to the point that it was a problem and that it was imperative that I be at work more often," Sucarichi said. "They said they would like me to be at work more often, but that's not the same as an imperative.
"Listen, they like me here."
* * *
Sucarichi joined the fire department in 1978 following a yearlong volunteer stint at a station in northern Hillsborough. He was a month shy of his 21st birthday, a Chamberlain High graduate.
After Sucarichi's first six months on the $10,250-a-year job, his supervisor gave him a brief but respectable evaluation: "Employee has good attitude. Works well with others." Sucarichi was given a score of 79.5 out of 100, defined as an "adequate performance."
Over the next few years reviews were mixed - a pattern that would continue for 20-plus years.
Sucarichi's use of sick time in 1979 was deemed "less than desirable." In 1981, he was described as a "better than average firefighter," a "real asset to the morale of the department."
Sucarichi was promoted to driver-engineer in August of that year and put on a standard six-month probation period.
Battalion Chief Kenneth C. Henry wrote in February 1982 that Sucarichi "requires almost constant supervision. Since his promotion ... he appears to do no more than is absolutely necessary."
Henry recommended Sucarichi be kept on probation and denied a merit pay increase.
Sucarichi improved over the next 30 days, got his salary boost and was removed from probation, according to personnel records.
Yet by March 1984, Sucarichi was showing up late and taking so much sick time - more than twice the average of county employees - that supervisors "counseled" him about the problem, according to personnel records.
"I was a young guy, single, probably burning the candle at both ends," Sucarichi said last week. "You're asking me to remember something from a long time ago."
In August 1984, he received a written reprimand for failing to wear a proper uniform and for exhibiting poor conduct at a fire scene in Brandon.
Four months later, Capt. John Weinsheimer recommended that Sucarichi be suspended or demoted. Sucarichi wasn't efficient, didn't care properly for equipment, and spent too much time on personal phone calls, according to Weinsheimer.
"His attitude and actions improve for a short time," Weinsheimer wrote, "but he ultimately returns to his old ways of neglecting his responsibilities."
It took Sucarichi eight months to get out of a career development program in which he was subject to evaluations every two months.
By 1987, following a much improved evaluation, Sucarichi was promoted to captain. His evaluations for the next nine years were consistently positive. Supervisors liked his cooperative attitude, his professionalism and his "above-average performance."
Then came 1996, the first year in which his supervisor documented an improper use of the time exchange provision.
* * *
Sucarichi didn't get written approval for another firefighter to work nine of Sucarichi's hours in June 1996, according to the annual evaluation signed by Nesmith. The standby didn't show up on time to work Sucarichi's post.
"He has assured me that he has taken steps to prevent a recurrence of this," then-battalion Chief Newell Branam wrote.
Three years later, Branam wrote that Sucarichi "consistently exceeded the maximum hours allowed for exchange of time," resulting in delayed filing of fire reports and "a lack of continuity of leadership on his shift."
Sucarichi's absences were mentioned again in evaluations for 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
In 2002, Sucarichi missed 60 of his shifts, including 192 unexcused hours of sick and family leave, according to Branam's evaluation, which called Sucarichi a "strong leader" who performed well "on the days that he is present."
In 2003, battalion Chief Russell Macaluso noted that "Capt. Sucarichi's leadership is sorely missed during his frequent "approved' absences."
And again in 2004: "Capt. Sucarichi's ability to lead, can-do attitude and experience are missed when he does so many exchanges of time."
Sucarichi signed the evaluations and said last week he "agreed with the assessment." He faults administrators for continuing to sign off on his swapped hours.
"If the department was signing off on these hours, how was it an abuse?" he said. "We're not doing anything that we don't have a right to do."
Chief Nesmith, currently negotiating the new union contract for firefighters, wants to reduce the maximum monthly exchange hours from 120 to 48. So far, union negotiators - Sucarichi is one of them - aren't biting.
So for now, he said, he is carefully monitoring Sucarichi's schedule and how battalion chiefs handle exchange requests.
"We're watching it very closely now to make sure firefighters are within the guidelines for the time exchange, and we have readily admitted we have to shore this up from the battalion chiefs standpoint," Nesmith said.
"I have talked to George, and he knows that if he steps over the line, we will begin the disciplinary process."
Sucarichi won't be back at work any time soon, though. He said he needs to undergo surgery for a tear in his abdominal wall, "and that might put me out for a few months."
"I've been told I can't work."
--Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler can be reached at 813 226-3373 or svansickler@sptimes.com
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SUNSTAR Ambulance Struck by Jeep (Pinellas County)
hurt as ambulance hits JeepThe FHP says the Jeep's driver ran through a red light, causing the wreck.By RICHARD DANIELSON, Times Staff WriterPublished July 28, 2005---------------------------------PALM HARBOR - An ambulance rushing to an emergency broadsided a Jeep that ran a red light, sending three people to the hospital Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The ambulance was headed north on Belcher Road with its lights and sirens on about 9 a.m., Highway Patrol Community Service Officer Tom Marten said. It was being driven by Sunstar emergency medical technician Jack L. Hennes, 29, of Largo, and was not carrying a patient.As the ambulance approached Belcher's intersection with Nebraska Avenue, the signal for north-south traffic gave the ambulance a green left-turn arrow, witnesses told Marten. The ambulance moved into the left-turn lane, and, as it reached the intersection, the signal turned green for north-south traffic.The ambulance was moving into the intersection when an eastbound 1999 Jeep Cherokee driven by Michele M. Kelley, 36, of Palm Harbor ran the red light, Marten said. The ambulance struck the Jeep on the passengers' side and both vehicles ended up near the northeastern corner of the intersection.Hennes, Kelley and Kelley's son, 23-month-old Zachary Kelley, were taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, Marten said. None suffered life-threatening injuries."They were all talking and sore" at the time they were transported, Marten said.All three were treated and released by early Wednesday afternoon, Mease spokesman Matt Novak said.Kelley, who was cited in the accident, said she was on her way to teach aerobics at the Countryside Country Club and had just dropped off her 5-year-old daughter Danielle at Bible camp. Approaching Belcher on Nebraska, she saw a green light, she said."The next thing I know there was an ambulance right on top of me," she said. She said she didn't hear the ambulance until an instant before it hit her."I don't want people to think that I'm running red lights with my kid in the car," she said. "Even (with) a yellow light, I don't usually press the gas."A Sunstar paramedic, Mike Blight, 39, of Tarpon Springs, was not injured. The airbags in the ambulance did not deploy in the collision."That is something that we are looking into," said Mark Postma, chief operating officer for Sunstar Paramedics.The Jeep was a total loss, Marten said.Damage to the ambulance, a 2004 Ford, was probably between $10,000 and $15,000, but "these units are $100,000, so to try to (make) an estimate is pretty difficult at this time," Postma said.Times researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.[Last modified July 28, 2005, 01:09:17]
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WOW! Didnt hear anything about that. No kidding they better look into why the airbags didnt deloy. Ill have to check on that Thursday (my next Sunstar shift). Not that I really expect to find an answer.
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Dave awesoem didnt know you worked at sunstar my ex chief works there and a good buddy of mine fred b. , Once I get through emt school , I hope to work there and get a jump start my other bud kevin s. works there also both firefighters out of my station.
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Dave awesoem didnt know you worked at sunstar my ex chief works there and a good buddy of mine fred b. , Once I get through emt school , I hope to work there and get a jump start my other bud kevin s. works there also both firefighters out of my station.Well, I dont know if "work" is the right word. More like "employed". Fred B? Hmmmm, sounds like the Fred B I know that works there. Ive known him for about, oh, 20 years. We used to work together at my FD.
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lol next time you see fred as in a jokingly manner soem things he lieks to hear that would make him laugh.In wierd voice say " I love cream soda or tater tots "Or So howed your reverse zabidah go today lol.Or the best of all " No seriously Shutup Stupid " and say it in a monotone voice.That'll give him a chuckle .And I'm sure you know kevin as well , anytime you see kevin call him stewy or stuart . I gave him that nickname lol. He'll answer to it everytime and actually loves the name dunno why . Stewy's one of my fav. probi's on the department he's a paramedic , and I'm a fireman learning medical side . Works out great for us both he teachs me I teach him.
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lol next time you see fred as in a jokingly manner soem things he lieks to hear that would make him laugh.In wierd voice say " I love cream soda or tater tots "Or So howed your reverse zabidah go today lol.Or the best of all " No seriously Shutup Stupid " and say it in a monotone voice.That'll give him a chuckle .And I'm sure you know kevin as well , anytime you see kevin call him stewy or stuart . I gave him that nickname lol. He'll answer to it everytime and actually loves the name dunno why . Stewy's one of my fav. probi's on the department he's a paramedic , and I'm a fireman learning medical side . Works out great for us both he teachs me I teach him.I keep asking Fred to let me know next time they do a house burn up there. He keeps forgetting (I hope not on purpose).
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We don't do house burns anymore , well at least havn't had one in a year since I've been here , we do have a burn building at the trainign center though that we train in when we get together and trian there , also do trianign in the smoke tower as well.
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