Posted by RodInNS on December 21, 2009 at 09:02:07 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: O/T Fire Dept. posted by Poor Farmer 830 on December 21, 2009 at 07:40:24:
We get enough from the county to more or less keep us going here. We have a 45's card game every week that's a steady money generator. We'll do a 'loonie hydrant' or coin card type campaign every other year or so to raise money. Sometimes a supper. Occassional dances through the year and a new years dance every year along with some other small concerts. Our other big fundraiser is two draws on a dozen market lobsters in may and july when they're in season here. That and the card games are our biggest money makers tho. That all just goes for repairs/renovations to the hall and purchasing new equipment. The community here is probably about the same size as yours. They've always been very good to the fire department here as well. We're also now considering a new truck in about 5 years time... and ti's looking like that will be the better part of a quarter million of which the county will probably pay 125K... so that still leaves us on the hook for another 125.
Mabey your community needs some awareness about what is involved with maintaining a fire department today too? We spend 10K a year on insurance alone. Another good chunk like that on heat and lights... and another bunch on maintaining trucks and equipment. A lot of people don't understand that. They also don't understand that if you don't have class A pumpers with proven ability to move water, you then have higher insurance rates in the area as the rate structure changes to basically cover them to 'rite you off'.... The days of running with made up trucks that used to be milk tankers and oil trucks, adding PTO pumps and red lights, no SCBA's, etc are over, dead and gone. What it's been replaced with requires a massive amount of money.... and a lot of BS that goes with it. That crap is probably one of the biggest reasons why we have a hard time getting and keeping guys. It's gotten to be a second full time job that you don't get paid for...
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