Perhaps you didn't read any - not a single one - of my previous posts in this thread. I'm all for an increase in the tax if it results in a professional force vs. a hobbyist force. That, my friend, would be worth the money.
If they're looking for more money to replace bandages, charge the users. If we can't muster up a qualified force to do the job, then I'm guessing we are left with no choice but to go to a paid/professional force.
As I've repeatedly posted, I think the vast majority of those who volunteer are doing their hobby top notch -equivalent to a professional force. I thank them for it, and for the time they put into it. But, we know what they're asking for, and what they're asking for is not to pay for a professional force. Their words are that they need money to replace bandages and the like.
But, if you are aware that we have had to turn down ambulance calls based on insufficient volunteers, or the qualifications of the volunteers is not adequate, I suggest you go to the BOCC and let them know, so they can start working on repairing this fault. No one has accused the forces of being like that in here until you brought it up. The accusations made are that older members are not pulling their weight, but still receiving the benefits from back when they did.
So, which is it, you know of a problem, or you're throwing up an answer to an argument not made so you can feel all grand and better-than-thou?
The County Commissioners are well aware of the problem of some companies having problems with man power and believe it or not they are working on it.
Your punk friend who IMO is a crybaby should be a man and stand up in a meeting of his company and make his complaints instead of crying to you.
In almost every organisation up to and including Congress the young turks seeking upward movement cry about the old people getting in their way.
I know I cry about Nancy Pelosi aged 77, Diane Feinstein, 84 , Maxine Waters, 70 and Ginsberg 84, myself, and I am not seeking their job.
I don't know much about the building they are in , but I was told this morning by a Firefighter, that when they are transferred there they have to leave their apparatus outside because the doors are not high enough for them to get in..
Apparatus is getting bigger than it was back in the 50's and it takes more room. Is it cheaper to tear out walls and ceilings or rebuild.
back in the old days you got on the back step the tank held 500 gallons and the hose was even smaller.
Today the tanks hold more water, some as much as 3,000 gallons
It's against the law to stand on the back step, you have to have a crew cab, making the apparatus longer and higher.
Todays Rescue squads are sometimes tandem axles
Ladder trucks are higher than ever with a tiller assembly.
I don't live there so I don't know he condition of the building or its capacity to fulfill their needs, and I haven't heard it discussed here.
All I have seen is a hue and cry over the expense.