A Wolcott volunteer firefighter who received a traffic ticket for leaving an accident involving his own car while on the way to fight a fire has been dismissed from the department.
Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Secich says he was stunned when he was fired by the town’s fire chief.
In a statement in a local weekly newspaper, the department said Secich’s dismissal followed a lengthy investigation of the accident and Secich.
On Jan. 15 Secich lost control of his vehicle and rolled over near the station while responding to a chimney fire. He wasn’t hurt.
Secich ran to the station. He says a second firefighter was required on the truck and he told the sheriff’s department about what happened.
He was given three traffic tickets.