Volunteer fire companies should not have to spend one minute on fund raising. They spend enough time training. Not to mention the actual calls. The operating expenses should be covered by tax dollars.
I was a suburban firefighter for a decade. We handed off lots of older equipment to the tiny rural departments that had very little. I had a chance to tour a rural departments house. I was amazed at the older military vehicles (also an Army vet) that ran as well as anything I drove on Active Duty, but adapted by the local people to fight fire in their community.
Kansas Forest Service has been unable to get the military surplus trucks for ~4 years. We tried to get on the list and they have a backlog of 40 departments and you cant get on the list. We are going to try AFG. We spend alot of money keeping our old brush trucks on the road.
City and suburban fires departments are really no different. They all have dedicated first responders who are willing to do whatever is necessary with the equipment they have.
Contact your state and federal representatives, the new NFPA/OSHA/Department of Labor regulations will effectively shut down volunteer fire departments..... don't let it happen.
Yep, people won't volunteer anymore because of the time involved to become qualified and stay qualified. . They think people with full time jobs have all the free time to basically go thru the same qualifications paid fireman have to go thru. Now you need to have 3 departments respond just to get the same manpower as you use to get with just 1 department.
The Chevron deference ruling by SCOTUS could put the breaks on that little BS regulations attempt (pushed by fire unions) in its tracks. Just needs a case brought up against it.
That has been discussed out here in rural OK, there are three full time fire departments, one military and two city, and one of those city departments only has two full time firefighters. There is 2000 square miles. If it weren’t for our volunteer firefighters, we would be in big trouble.
@@USMC1984 65 to 70 percent of the United States is protected by volunteers, the bulk of whom who are capable and professional. We have many members who work in industries that paid firefighters train to protect. Professional, competent, compassionate service!
Many are rightly concerned about the ethnic and religious profiles of new workers to be recruited for this plant. Too many towns on the Plains have been wrecked by demographic transformation, while the dominant media try to control awareness and perception of the ruin. Somalians and others from some of the most problematic populations on the planet often follow the creation of such operations, as many in Nebraska well know. No longer will local and regional residents quietly tolerate the creation of such nightmares by those recklessly thinking only of economic matters.
Was an awesome experience flew it all four days - wish North Platte would have promoted it more so more people knew where and when. A truly awesome historical piece. The flying was fantastic thanks to EAA for bringing this grand lady here!
Ed one of the nicest person I’ve ever met! I met him in 2019 when they brought the big boy to Duluth Minnesota the first time I met him. I actually bumped into him. It was a huge crowd around the engine, but later he did sign a poster I made for the event! Ed is part of a huge team that brought 4014 back to life!
