Well it is budget time in my department and district and the chiefs have put togeather a budget to our district and it was cut in half!!! We had 5 sets of new gear 4 lenghts of new hose, firefighter safety stuff right?!?!?, and they cut it!! we are trying to negiotiate with them but it is not working at all. I think the problem is that our county is going to a new UHF radio system and they are worried about being able to afford the switch, but in our defence this has been in the works for 2 or 3 years its not like it just started yesterday! anyone else having trouble with getting money for things they need??