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What if there was one single, united fire department for the nation?
This has always been known as the fire service. In my mind its refered to in the same way as the military. Were both paid for by taxes, so why not? Take away ego and geography and this could work. having a standard for training that you can't fake, and spreading the wealth around so that areas that are volunteer wouldn't need to be. But I beleive if this is going to happen it has to be at the national level. A single organized entity that doesn't have district lines.
FF Fuselier
FF Fuselier
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Permalink Reply by Larry Humphreys on
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Good idea, but implimentation would be a nightmare of red tape. We can't even get all the departments in our county to agree on things and play nice with each other all the time.
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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Yeah;
The more weight I lose, the faster I get.
Sorry, Enco.
He who hesitates...
TCSS.
Art
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So, then;
What you're saying is that you are opposed to the idea?
You're dashing a young man's dream and my hopes to be the chief of the United States Fire Department.
One nation, under Art. Man; that has a ring to it.
Wally; help a brother out.
Where ya bin?
TCSS.
Art
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Permalink Reply by Allen Wahlstrom on
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oops...did I say all that?
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OK, OK, I flip flop...wait, Im a conservative, I do not.
Art for Chief! if we have to have one, why not Art.
So I am taking 9 college hours in Emergency Management and that means about 15 hours a week away from here writing papers for those classes.
That and I am in charge of prefire plan conversion to digital for my shift.
Oh yeah I have 4 kids too and a wife who all want to see me at some point when I am not in my cave, er office doing classwork.
Hope that covered my absence...signed Epstien's Mother
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god with the year I am having, his team is doing far better than either of mine! I did teach him well tho...for 11 he is doing a really nice job.
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Permalink Reply by Christian on
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So Ed, just to get your last paragraph right. Are you saying Art could not run the national fire department with nextel? What if he had verizon?
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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I'm going to the closet to find my old hip boots. It is sure rising. ;)
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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Our system works, and works well; perfect doesn't exist, does it? I understand what you say Joe, any system has to be better than no system at all!
In Victoria, over 70% of the funding for my FRS comes from a levy on house/building insurance, with the remainder coming from State taxes. This funding is controlled by our State HQ. Brigades are encouraged to raise funds themselves for extra equipment. The centralised funding ensures that any Brigade can have a reasonable Station, and at least one standard vehicle - both of which would be very hard to fund for a lot of the small Brigades. Being a State FRS, local Municipalities have no say in how the appliances are utilised, which helps a lot in the organisation of support for local and distant incidents, crossing minicipal or State borders for instance (any Brigade can be asked to supply a vehicle for a long distance Strike Team) - Mutual Aid.
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