By Holly Abrams
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne fire department veteran served a 36-hour unpaid suspension for failing to respond to a call, Chief Pete Kelly announced Monday to the Fort Wayne Fire Merit Commission.
Capt. Gene Cowan, a 24-year member of the department, was ordered to serve the suspension for failure to respond to a call for service while working an education booth at IPFW’s RiverFest in June. An off- duty firefighter told Cowan a person was feeling “faint” at the event, but Cowan did not go to help the person, Kelly said.
Kelly said Cowan thought someone else was helping the person. This is the first disciplinary action Cowan has received, according to his personnel file.
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