Selectmen wanted more information about Fire and Rescue Chief Paul Hewey's request to purchase a used ladder truck and asked if sharing a new one with neighboring towns is a feasible solution.
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NORWAY Town Manager Dennis Lajoie and Fire Chief Dennis Yates reviewed the command structure and the standards of procedures for the Norway Fire Department with selectmen Thursday evening.
Lajoie said he went through the town’s archives seeking documents on whether the volunteer department was part of the town or a separate organization when it began. What he discovered was incomplete and had plenty of gaps.
The earliest documentation he found was from 1829. The 14 rules listed in that document did not include any oversight by the town. The next document he found had rules and regulations from 1996 and another adopted in 2007.