Falsified Certification in Former Deputy Chief's File

A former Eighth Utilities District deputy fire chief had a fake certification, reports the Hartford Courant.

No one seems to know how the certificate got in Todd Sise’s personnel file or who put it there.

The document says that Sise had successfully completed training requirements and education standards in the state to be certified as a Firefighter I.

According to Sise, he had completed partial training at the Connecticut Fire Academy when an instructor told him he could take a written test to get his Firefighter I certificate. After the test, an Eighth District administrator told him he had passed.

While he was never formally presented with the certificate, he believed that he had gotten it fairly.

Sise, who resigned from the fire service, remains a paid dispatcher with the district and does not face any disciplinary action. Officials say that it does not appear that Sise was aware that it was a falsified document.

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