The Day
PRESTON, Conn. — A Preston City Fire Department volunteer firefighter has been disciplined and has agreed to pay restitution for using a firetruck to draw water from a Preston Plains Water Co. hydrant and filling a private pool on Overlook Drive.
First Selectman Robert Congdon said he received a letter of complaint from Preston Plains Water, a private company that serves subdivisions in the Preston Plains area, that a volunteer firefighter drew water from a hydrant three times to fill a tanker truck. An estimated 10,000 gallons of water was used to fill a private swimming pool. It was not the firefighter’s pool.
A water company official met with Congdon and Preston Fire Chief Tom Casey to discuss the issue. Casey told Congdon the firefighter has received unspecified discipline and agreed to pay the $74.20 cost for the water. All firefighters will receive training on the department’s policy that firetrucks are not to be used for private purposes.
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