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Pa. EMT fired over private Facebook post about orphan choir

The Ford City Ambulance director apologized for a post on a private employee鈥檚 page, stating that policies will be reviewed and additional training will be implemented

By Bill Carey
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FORD CITY, Pa. 鈥 A Ford City EMT has been fired after allegedly sharing a Facebook post with an inappropriate comment about a visiting orphan choir from Liberia.

Ford City Ambulance Service Executive Director David Dunmire confirmed to that a longtime EMT shared a photo on the private Ford City Ambulance Employees Facebook page, showing a group of kids from the Matsiko World Orphan Choir entering the First Church of Ford City. The post was captioned, 鈥淧lease make sure all doors are closed and locked. This is what we have next to the station.鈥

鈥淭hey are an amazing group of kids. They are orphans from Liberia, Africa, and they come over and put on a wonderful concert,鈥 Pastor Rany Herbe told WPXI. 鈥淭hey needed a place to stay for two days. We opened our church up for them to sleep in the basement of our church.鈥

Dunmire said the EMT removed the post and was immediately fired. He also mentioned that the employee, also a volunteer fire chief for Manor Township, has since stepped down from that role.


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