Lanseria residents reportedly blame firefighters’ go-slow for house burning down
LANSERIA – According to a report, Lanseria residents believe the City’s firefighters’ refusal to work overtime without extra pay led to a house burning down on 18 July.
Eyewitness News is reporting that a Lanseria resident made an emergency call to alert firefighters that his neighbour’s plot was on fire, but then discovered from a colleague that the fire department said firefighters were on a “go-slow” and could not assist straight away.
The report went on to say when the firefighters arrived at the property, they were ill-equipped.
One of the residents believes if the response time had of been quicker, some of the house could have been saved.
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Meanwhile the City’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said the actions taken by firefighters to start their shift at 8am and leave their stations at 4pm constitutes a breach of contract and a change of conditions of service.
Mulaudzi said, “We therefore regard this conduct as an unprotected strike because the issues concerned are being dealt with at the Arbitration and Bargaining Council.”
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