Not just a firefighter, but horse trainer, Guardsman, handyman and cook. Heidi Beedle
The firefighters who just showed up at your house for a medical emergency or to douse a neighborâs house fire might have already worked 40 hours or more that week at a side hustle unrelated to their fire service duties.
They may have cooked at a local steak house, pulled extra shifts with an area fire department or a private ambulance service, written mortgage loans, taught at a local college, installed hardwood flooring or worked on remodeling a house they are hoping to flip for a six-figure profit.
UPDATE:
CSFD spokesman Mike Smaldino says via email, We cannot comment on any personnel matters when it comes to discipline.. We will not comment on nonfire department-related issues regarding employees and their outside employment.
On Jan. 29, a resident who is likely to lose his affordable rental home in a flipping scenario wrote to Colorado Springs Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Randy Royal seeking information about Royal s son s role in the plan.
Bill Sulzman, 82, is one of many residents housed in properties formerly owned by Ithaka Land Trust. The cottage where he lives on South Tejon Street was sold in October to Drew Gaiser, a West Metro Fire Protection District firefighter and developer. Gaiser and CSFD firefighter Ryan Royal, Randy Royal s son, âhave a joint venture to work togetherâ on renovating the properties, Gaiser told the