By FireRescue1 Staff
OAK LAWN, Ill. — A fire chief quoted in a campaign mailer in regard to fire-related deaths denies ever making a statement.
Oak Lawn Patch reported that Oak Lawn Fire Department Chief George Sheets is quoted in a mailer sent to residents by mayoral candidate Robert Streit.
The quote says, “Oak Lawn has fewer firefighters even though we’ve had more fire-related deaths this year than ever before.”
“I was taken aback because I never made such a statement, and moreover, it’s 100 percent false,” Chief Sheets said.
Chief Sheets said Oak Lawn hasn’t had a fire-related death since 2014.
“In my 34 years of fire and EMS, I’ve learned to stay out of local politics,” Chief Sheets said. “But I had to respond to blatantly false information that’s being distributed with my name attached.”