Carol Thompson
底特律新闻
（TNS）
1月7日 - 市长迈克·杜根（Mike Duggan）周四宣布，该市的消防专员埃里克·琼斯（Eric Jones）将于1月14日离开该部门。
现年53岁的琼斯自2015年10月以来一直领导该部门，庆祝紧急响应时间的改善和纵火火减少。他还面临过去的工会领导人的批评，他们呼吁对有争议的政策进行罢工，而他的离职是在消防部门的工作人员在春季评估中引用士气和领导人的关注之后。
琼斯在星期四致“告别”的部门雇员的信中感谢部门工作人员的专业精神，列出了各种成就，并指出“我对任何失败承担责任”。
Duggan, who just began his third four-year term as Detroit’s mayor, said he will select someone to serve as interim fire commissioner before Jones departs. City officials will conduct a national search for Jones’ permanent replacement and hope to have a commissioner in place by mid-year.
“Eric has given more than three decades serving and protecting the citizens of Detroit, and I thank him for his service,” Duggan said in a press release. “I wish him well.”
琼斯向底特律新闻提供了一封信的副本，但拒绝了进一步的评论。他说，其中他为工会合同谈判感到自豪，这导致工作时间表改善，工资增加以及消防和医疗服务的合并。
“Thank you for working with me to make the department better. Thank you for having the patience as we improved the equipment, training, response time and prudently managed the budget,” Jones wrote.
“Unfortunately, my time as Detroit Fire Commissioner has reached the end of the road, and I must move on to the next chapter of my life,” he added. “I will never forget the six wonderful years we’ve spent together, and I will always hold you in the highest esteem.”
Duggan spokesman John Roach, in a text message, added: “The mayor appreciates the progress that has been made at the fire department under Commissioner Jones and he just feels that it is time for new leadership and direction.”
琼斯（Jones）在底特律警察局（Detroit Police Department）工作了25年，然后他于2013年退休，当时他担任助理负责人。杜根（Duggan）于2014年首次聘请他担任建筑安全，工程与环境部门的董事，然后在2015年任命他的执行消防专员。
在琼斯任职期间，底特律经历了纵火症的减少。他改变了该部门与万圣节期间的阿森斯打交道的战略，并将该部门的调查人员蓬勃发展，将纵火师从一个七人组增加到一个超过两打的团队。
但是琼斯偶尔与底特律消防员协会的一些长期领导人发生冲突，包括政策，其中包括一项要求在没有灯和警报器的情况下以较低的优先级派遣某些紧急跑步。
He also battled workplace culture issues, according to an assessment of the department city officials launched early last year after two incidents involving fire department employees drinking alcohol while on the job and driving work vehicles.
Jones described those incidents as “extremely disappointing.”
“我们应对运行和看到后喝ing and driving,” Jones said at the time. “So it’s a betrayal to do that.”
The city later surveyed department staff to understand their experiences at work, specifically to assess the level of leadership support that staff perceived was provided by the fire and EMS divisions and the Detroit Fire Department’s executive leadership teams.
审计发现，将近60％的消防部门工作人员对士气和领导，日程安排，沟通和员工认可表示担忧。根据评估，一半以上没有意识到现有的员工援助计划。
Officials recommended the department increase funding and support for its peer-to-peer counseling program and implement a behavioral health model similar to what’s in place in other major cities such as Boston.
更多的than 80% of those interviewed did report feeling comfortable raising ethical issues. That was evidence for leadership, it noted, “that not every part of the culture is broken.”
大约60％的工人表示，他们没有观察到同事之间的饮酒或酗酒。尽管如此，该报告仍发现许多员工“认为酗酒仍然是一个需要解决方案的问题。”
“Coupled with the fact that many respondents feel like the department does not provide sufficient flexibility to help balance work life and personal life it is clear, the necessity to provide more and better support to fire and EMS first responders is necessary,” it noted.
底特律消防战士协会主席汤姆·盖哈特（Tom Gehart）说，199年的同事大流行对消防部门的工作人员很难进行火灾和医疗电话。
他说，他希望城市领导人制定策略来帮助员工应对压力。
Gehart said the union and Jones had a workable, not particularly adversarial, relationship.
“He did a lot of good for the department,” Gehart said. “I appreciated working with him and am sad to see him go. We wish him luck.”
In announcing Jones’ departure, Duggan touted progress he said the department made under Jones’ leadership, including reduced emergency medical services response times and overhauling the department’s fleet.
A 2019 Detroit News investigation revealed that structure fires in Detroit had declined dramatically over a five-year span as a result of stepped-up arson investigations and fewer blighted buildings. Fire department data showed the number of annual structure fires in the city had declined 42% since 2014.
琼斯将其归功于一项激进的枯萎病计划，调查，检查以及社区教育工作和城市街区俱乐部。
在琼斯（Jones）的领导下，该市消防局在万圣节前几天的天使夜巡逻队的长期传统也从其长期的传统中旋转了，而赞成“ D中的万圣节”，重点是将糖果传递给儿童。
Around Halloween, the city for decades had been overwhelmed with arson fires. In 1984, the Detroit Fire Department responded to 810 fires over a three-day span.
But continued declines in recent years prompted Duggan in 2017 to shed the city’s Angel’s Night moniker.
去年，在万圣节前一天晚上，只有三起大火，万圣节还有三场大火。
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