Fire company employee fired after allegedly using racial slur

Now to the investigation underway in Montgomery County after a firefighter ushered a racial slur Responding to a fatal crash the Horsham fire company confirmed that it was one of its members heard on County radio yesterday Using that epithet as emergency workers coordinated the response to a crash on County line Road tonight The man accused of saying that slur has been fired Actually, this is John Paul live in Horsham now and John that comment drew an immediate response from other first responders who heard it It sure did and you know Brian at first dispatchers the chief They weren't even sure who uttered that racial slur over the countywide radio So they started to investigate and when they identified the person he was fired immediately after returning to the firehouse We are extremely sorry an apology tonight from the Horsham fire department after a firefighter used a racial slur while responding to a deadly crash Crews were responding to this rack on County line Road in Horsham on Tuesday Crews from all over rushed to the scene around four o'clock after getting the call from dispatch about an SUV that flipped trapping people inside But shortly after that a different responding officer said a racial slur over the radio He was then fired the minute he returned to the station very upset This is devastating today the chief of Horsham fire company talked with us about what happened He says it wasn't clear right away who made the slur But they immediately investigated by the time the unidentified part-time firefighter returned from the crash. He was fired. He was very remorseful and he understood and You know We just told him that very simply that it was not the standard that we that we said The chief says they have a zero tolerance policy and he acted on it 40 firefighters and 20 part-timers at Horsham fire are held to a high standard and he plans to keep it that way But he also wants the public to know that kind of language has no place in Horsham. We want to instill Confidence in the public though that we're going to be there and act professionally when we're coming to help them in their time of need Now Brian every firefighter will also have to undergo sensitivity training and they'll be holding meetings on professional conduct We're live tonight in Horsham John Paul channel 6 action news Brian. All right, John. Thank you