The Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. has been under metaphorical fire for the past six months, after a number of members resigned. Ann Marie Sweeney of South Green Street has been the main spokeswoman for those former members, describing the department as having an atmosphere of intimidation.

Sweeney has attended nearly every meeting with what she feels is evidence that the fire department is a threat to the town’s safety and even to its own members, and ought to be dissolved.