The San Bernardino County Fire District is taking Dart’s allegations seriously, spokeswoman Tracey Martinez said Thursday, Aug. Martinez, reached by phone, declined to comment. Last week, Dart received a letter from the fire district indicating it had completed its investigation into his allegations, but he hasn’t been told whether Martinez was disciplined. “He put me through all that stress (of preparing for a training exercise) and used me to defy a direct order from Chief O’Bier,” he said in the recording obtained by the Southern California News Group. 7, 2020, with fire district human resources representative Chrysanthemum Nguyen and Battalion Chief Bryant O’Hara, Dart outlined his allegations of dereliction of duty against Martinez - and his frustration. Martinez also disclosed that fire district Battalion Chief Mike O’Bier had expressly told him not to attend the procession because the event organizer didn’t follow proper procedures in arranging for Engine 79’s participation, Dart said. Tyler Shelton of Apple Valley, killed in a Black Hawk training crash off San Clemente Island, passed underneath. It was only then that Martinez explained the training exercise was a ruse and the crew was there to wave flags as a funeral procession carrying the body of U.S. Dart drove less than a half-mile and parked the engine on the I-15 Duncan Canyon overpass above the northbound lane. Dart, Martinez and firefighter Gil Cruz got into the station’s new Medic Engine 79 and ambled onto Coyote Canyon Road past an American flag that snapped in the light breeze atop a tall pole that stood sentinel outside the fire station. “I started documenting his bad behavior.”ĭart recalled that hours before the car crash incident, Martinez had criticized him, threatening to write him up for performing poorly and said he would be required to complete a driving exercise later that afternoon on an I-15 overpass.Īround 5 p.m. Martinez treated the fire station like the Playboy Mansion,” Dart said. Specifically, Dart feared contracting COVID-19 from the visitors, who were often unmasked, and then passing the virus onto his 13-year-old daughter, who has a compromised immune system due to a medical condition. The relationship between Dart and Martinez was already strained prior to the crash.ĭart had complained for weeks to Martinez, who is divorced, that he shouldn’t be bringing the women he was dating to fire Station 79 in Fontana to watch TV, bring in meals and participate in impromptu ridealongs. “I’m second guessing myself and am constantly wondering if I am a weaker person than I thought I was.” Rocky relationship and a ruse “I’m disappointed in myself in not doing what was right,” Dart said. 14, 2020, to leave the scene of a car crash his crew witnessed from an I-15 overpass that injured two motorists. He can’t reconcile his role in carrying out an order from Martinez on Sept. It’s exactly that duty that’s tormenting Dart. “If we see smoke, we don’t wait to be called by dispatchers.” “We took an oath to protect the citizens of San Bernardino,” said Dart, who as an engineer is responsible for maintaining and operating fire engines. Firefighters instinctively rush to the aid of the injured and those in harm’s way, especially if they see an emergency unfolding.
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