This letter is in response to the letter written by Hicksville Fire Chief Robert Chiz and printed in the Feb. 2 edition of Hicksville Illustrated News.

[In his letter] Chief Chiz criticized a presentation he did not attend. That presentation was at the Hicksville Community Center meeting on Jan. 4 not December as noted incorrectly in his letter. During that presentation by Citizens for an Informed Hicksville, it was clarified that [in August 2005], following a serious incident involving some volunteer firefighters, Station 2 was closed for three weeks for social reasons not emergency calls. However, those of us who live adjacent to the firehouse noticed a marked reduction in activity during that three-week time frame.

As chief of the Hicksville Fire Department, perhaps Chief Chiz can inform the public as to exactly what happened on Aug. 18, 2005.

RoseMarie Ehrich

Member

Citizens for an Informed Hicksville