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Pratt Fall

After being named Chief of the Milton, Ont., Canada, fire department in June 2017, Dave Pratt, now 51, announced he was “looking forward to guiding the effective and efficient allocation of fire resources” in the town that had grown from 31,000 in 2001 to more than 110,000 when he was appointed. It was the “allocation of fire resources” that got him in trouble: he has been fired after an investigation found he had used his department-issued SUV to “host sexual trysts” — sometimes while parked at various fire stations. Pratt, who is married, advertised his availability on a dating web site, his profile photo showing him in front of his SUV. “He was using Milton property, Milton’s vehicle, Milton’s budgets to fund his dates,” said one of the women involved. “He liked to brag that he likes to give women the ‘full fireman experience’,” said another. (RC/Milton Canadian Champion) ...I thought the “full fireman experience” involved putting fires out.