I’ll be home for Christmas. Or, then again, maybe not.

There are apparently morale issues at the Roanoke Rapids (NC) Fire Department. The complaints from within the 32-member, two-station, department have city leaders looking into Chief Gary Corbet’s policies since he took over the department 15-months-ago.

One issue that cropped up is Chief Corbet’s refusal to go along with what firefighters say was a long-standing, but apparently unwritten, policy of allowing firefighters who work Christmas Day to go home for an hour.

That was the topic of conversation between Chief Corbet, a local reporter and the City Council. Read more.