A fiery uproar in the town of Morris could have left residents without a volunteer Fire Department.
A statement from the department was released Tuesday announcing that its members had voted to “cease providing fire, rescue, and EMS services,” as of June 30.
The statement noted that the decision was not made lightly, but came after the department felt it could not come to a “reasonable working relationship with the town administrators.” Fire Department President Virginia Steinway said Tuesday that the department and the Board of Selectman spent more than a year trying to draw up a contract. She said a recent decision by First Selectman Tom Weik not to fund fully the state-mandated annual physicals for volunteers was the last straw.