Posted on 09/13/2020 6:38:30 AM PDT by FreedomVsControl
Didn’t do anything wrong’: Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation
Sep 12, 2020 / 10:48 AM PDT / Updated: Sep 13, 2020 / 04:41 AM PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Fire Marshal Jim Walker was placed on paid administrative leave Saturday. Then just hours later, he resigned, according to the Oregon State Police.
OSP did not immediately provide a reason for Walker’s departure. However, Walker spoke with KOIN 6 News Saturday evening during which he said he was placed on leave by OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton after trying to help a co-worker whose family was missing in a fire zone.
“I did so with the specific understanding that my visit had been cleared with the appropriate team personnel,” said Walker. He said after, Hampton’s assessment was that he had overstepped his role and took action without the authority to do so.
“And although I’m losing my job because of it, I would do it again,” said Walker. He said he was an at-will employee, so he could “be dismissed for any reason whatsoever.”
“I didn’t do anything wrong that would lead to me resigning,” said Walker. “My take is, if I don’t have confidence from management, then it’s not an agency I want to continue to work for.”
“To come into the office on a Friday thinking you were doing the right thing—I care about my employees—and then to be put on administrative leave when we have catastrophic fires, which I’ve been actively involved with…so for me to be put on administrative leave when I’m the highest level fire official in the state does not make any sense at all to me, whatsoever,” said Walker.
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No worries, Bambi Sue the Assistant Fire Girl will save us.
From your article:
Walker spoke with KOIN 6 News Saturday evening during which he said he was placed on leave by OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton after trying to help a co-worker whose family was missing in a fire zone.
“I did so with the specific understanding that my visit had been cleared with the appropriate team personnel,” said Walker. He said after, Hampton’s assessment was that he had overstepped his role and took action without the authority to do so.
“And although I’m losing my job because of it, I would do it again,” said Walker
And that would be...how?
Loosely coordinated firebugs.
My theory is he wouldn’t toe the “global warming caused this” line.
Do something...... even if it is wrong. That’s the ticket
Woe is me, woe is me, woe is me saith the governor who is powerless to take any action that is actually effective
It’s nice to be in command until the attack and real shooting begin
Unlike cream that rises, crap sinks
He obviously knew something they needed to hide. Who would want to work for Crazy Kate?
That metaphor is not very appetizing. Luckily, I take my coffee black.
If you are the head of the Fire Response, your focus HAS to be on that—not on individuals.
That’s basic management 101. That’s why lots of people think bosses are heartless.
OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton does not want a competent professional.
Travis wants this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxjS9D3XZRg
What are the odds the new Fire Marshal is a lesbian?
You're being paid to coordinate the effort to battle the blazes with all of the the state's resources at your command. Not to drop out of contact on a personal mission inside of one while everyone else picks up your slack.
Live by the lie, die by the lie. The lies the Left have been living by are coming out everywhere. Popcorn ping.
In so many ways, the government is not trying to help these situations — the government is punishing people who are helping, and encouraging people who cause the problems.
Enemies foreign and domestic. The political establishment hates this country. Which is pretty weird.
Politics is like a cesspool, the big chunks rise to the top...
In Kansas City, back in the day when the firefighters union would go on strike, lots of fires were started by the members. Modus operandi.
Oregon is a shithole. The government doesn’t really care about the fires, they are in areas populated by folks who vote Republican.
Did you bother to read the article and what he said? He was fired for trying to help find a temporary employee‘s missing family.
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