Comments on: Fire Chief: North Escambia Volunteers Will Stay; No Impact After Volunteers Removed From Brent VFD http://www.northescambia.com/2009/07/fire-chief-north-escambia-volunteers-will-stay Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lynn J. Garrett, Sr. http://www.northescambia.com/2009/07/fire-chief-north-escambia-volunteers-will-stay/comment-page-1#comment-16832 Lynn J. Garrett, Sr. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:47:38 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=9826#comment-16832 I am still trying to figure out how you can have PAID VOLUNTEERS in public TAX supported COUNTY GOVERNMENT services and call them VOLUNTEERS. They are not VOLUNTEERS if they are paid. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES maybe? Also, the reduction of, or modification to various FIRE PREVENTION services such as our TAX supported FIRE PREVENTION services which has to meet all kinds of State Insurance Laws leaves a lot to be desired to have an ACTING FIRE CHIEF take such independent action without the "SAY SO" of the VOTING PUBLIC and TAX PAYING CITIZEN! Someone needs to really give these changes serious consideration before proceeding with such knee jerk reactions. Our property in the North end of the county is just as likely to suffer losses as the downtown and beach locations and deserves more full time commitment not less. We are paying for FULL TIME coverage. Same as the rest of the county. If necessary do the same thing that has been done in the various school districts, close some fire stations, reduce the operating costs of the stations which only eat up tax dollars and put FULL TIME FIREMAN at one or two stations in the northend, but don't just assume we have the best of protection and prevention because we are the northend. I am still trying to figure out how you can have PAID VOLUNTEERS in public TAX supported COUNTY GOVERNMENT services and call them VOLUNTEERS. They are not VOLUNTEERS if they are paid. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES maybe?

Also, the reduction of, or modification to various FIRE PREVENTION services such as our TAX supported FIRE PREVENTION services which has to meet all kinds of State Insurance Laws leaves a lot to be desired to have an ACTING FIRE CHIEF take such independent action without the “SAY SO” of the VOTING PUBLIC and TAX PAYING CITIZEN!

Someone needs to really give these changes serious consideration before proceeding with such knee jerk reactions. Our property in the North end of the county is just as likely to suffer losses as the downtown and beach locations and deserves more full time commitment not less.

We are paying for FULL TIME coverage. Same as the rest of the county. If necessary do the same thing that has been done in the various school districts, close some fire stations, reduce the operating costs of the stations which only eat up tax dollars and put FULL TIME FIREMAN at one or two stations in the northend, but don’t just assume we have the best of protection and prevention because we are the northend.

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