Former Volunteer Firefighter and Friends Receive Community Service for Arson in Gelderland

Former member of the volunteer fire brigade in Gelderland and his three friends receive community service and a suspended prison sentence for arson. The court in Zutphen decided this. The judge is convinced that the four are responsible for a fire in a house in Putten on the day one of them passed his fire brigade test.

The group of forty-somethings had a party on December 1 last year, as their friend, aged 26, from Garderen could officially call himself a firefighter from that day on. she is wants to take care of him that he was able to respond on his first night as a member of the volunteer fire brigade.

Two of the men filled up with petrol and diesel. The other two then started a fire in an empty house in Koudhoorn (Putten city) using the jerry cans. The former firefighter knew that house was empty because the fire brigade had held an exercise there.

The man was already on his way to the barracks before the pagers went off. He arrived first. In the end four groups had to respond to the main fire.

It was soon clear that the fire had started. Witnesses saw the member of the volunteer fire brigade filling jerry cans with petrol and diesel that night. He admitted that he was involved with his superior. Shortly afterwards he was fired from the fire brigade.

The Public Prosecution Service requested a ten-month prison sentence for three men. The fourth man was sentenced to six months in prison.

The sentence is lower because the men did not have a criminal record and are sorry for the firing. However, they must report to the verification service for three years. They must also undergo cognitive skills training.

The Gelderland-Midden safety area is late Omroep Gelderland know that the issue “hurts the hearts of the firefighters” for all firefighters. A firefighter fired for this reason has never happened before in the department.