I have always favored regionalization of services where it works, not just fire, but police and public works or municipalities themselves. In Pennsylvania we have many fire departments and many municipalities. I have talked about regionalization of departments in my county and ways it could possibly be accomplished effectively. The local Pennsylvania State Representative found out about this. The representative favors regionalization so he can funnel money to one or a few entities instead many.… Continue

I have been a member of my volunteer fire department for over 12 years now. I have held positions as the President, Secretary, Lieutenant and just firefighter and EMT. This year I took over as the Building and Grounds chairman. This position has been an eye opener. After all those years I never realized how much work is involved in maintaining an aging facility. In this position you need to keep up on dozens of regular maintenance issues, along with emergency problems, but also have a dozen of… Continue