Comments on: County Won’t Fund More Paid Firefighters For Cantonment; Volunteer Response Inadequate

By: David Jordan

David Jordan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:55:40 +0000

Just remeber all you paid boys and girls that are disrepecting the volunteers, all it takes is three votes and then you will wishing you could play with the fire toys.

Mark Chesnutt

By: Just Saying

Just Saying — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:30:49 +0000

Well Bobber when you retire you can join up since you will have all the free time. I mean myself and so many others do it and work and we also take our kids fishing and camping, you should be able to run calls, fish, hunt or many other things. Just think the stipend can be your fishing money, unless of course you are like the ones in your church and scared to a committment. Just Saying

By: shay mccarra

shay mccarra — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:21:39 +0000

Well i have been a vol. firefighter for 15 year in cantanment and in LA. I was a LT.firefighter in cantonment tell I move to LA. and I moved back to Cantonment 21/2 years ago and got back in cantonment fire dept. at that time. I have a fulltime job and a son. I work 13- 15 hr. days and havent been able to go to monday night training and run alot of call. but if I could run I did. Well the night of Aug. 10,2011 we had a fire in cantonment two firefighter from molino got the cantonment fire trucks out and me and another cantonment firefighter went pov to the call to have more firefighter on the call. After the fire I went to the fire house and me and one firefighter from molino got the truck back 10-8 for more calls.before we had to be at work. Well at 9:09 that morning I recieved a text from Jeff Bingle saying. I appreciate your response last night but you arenot in compliance with trining or call response reqirenents so you can not respond to any calls until you take care of this. And I need all your gear and equipment as soon as possible unless you are going to come into compliance. And so now after that and 15 year of being in the fire dept. I’m no longing in the fire dept. and like alot of my friends I will go back after jeff bingle is no longer there anymore and I would be happy to get back in like i have been for a long time.

thank, SHAY MCCARRA or on northescambia I’m been named SHAY MCCARRO. look up that name on here.

By: Ant

Ant — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:01:21 +0000

bobber:

1. Cantonment does not have enough volunteers, we all understand this fact. The county does not have the funding ( in the Fire Service budget) to hire more career firefighters at this time.
The complaint time was 3 weeks ago. Now is the time for thoughtful, honest ideas on how we can resolve this issue for the residence of Cantonment and the surrounding areas. Yes it is the job of the local leaders, but I am sure they will welcome ideas and constructive comments.

2. I don’t enjoy fresh water fishing anyway.

By: concerned 2

concerned 2 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:50:11 +0000

This is too Everett:

First off the all the other stations in the county are able to cover their station with the paid crews and the volunteers so why should Cantonment be any different. We aren’t talking about Ascend/Solutia.
It really all comes down to our leaders. They aren’t leading and setting the example that they should as leaders. U teach by your actions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do agrees to quitting funding all the deadbeats.

By: Bobber

Bobber — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:54:24 +0000

To Mr. $23.10 an hour,
What’s your pay have to do with the Cantonment firehouse, who can’t scrape up enough volunteers to protect the public of Cantonment are with reliable dependable fire and rescue volunteers. I’m with Chief Bingle, coming forward with the not accepable level of volunteers to prvide the citizens this PAID service. That’s my only agenda. Maybe your the problem, $23.10 an hour. Just look behind you, where are your 400 strong volunteers. I look at that number as my own church membership roll, Yea; its been in cantonment area my whole life. You have the core dedicated ones, the rest show up on Easter and homecoming. But, there are no Cantonment volunteers behind you. Your just WOODA,SHOODA,COULDA. Your days have come and gone in Cantonment like the pony express. I’ll be retiring soon, until the $23.10 hr when you need a new hobby, Look for me at the molino boat ramp. I’ll be more than glad to take you fishing. ONLY one request, NO ANTS ALLOWED.

By: Everett

Everett — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:39:14 +0000

All these comments a great and meaningful. It doesn’t change the fact there is not enough funding. It’s good to have goals and anticipated upgrades. But if the money is not there the options are greatly limited.

It is frustrating to both the paid and volunteer fireman. They both share a common goal in trying to serve their communities emergency needs.

The chief knows the money situation first hand. When Ascend took over Solutia many persons (600) were let go because there was no money in the budget to operate. His emergency department took a hit just like everyone else. It’s very disheartening to watch and implement reductions in personel and service. It’s about budgets.

We do howerver have plenty of money to support illegals, deadbeats and crack whores with their $600-$1200 per baby monthly subsidies. The illegals get up to $1800 per child per month from social security. Let’s put the dead beats, illegals, thugs, and crack whores to work fighting fires.

By: Helpful Solution

Helpful Solution — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:42:20 +0000

Has any of you computer hero’s visited the web site that Volunteer FD posted. You yourself can get on fill out an application and become part of making your county a better place. Go thru the training that so many have done and be part of something great a VOLUNTEER for you county/ community. You might even get a job as a career firemen as so many have if everyone would try and use some common sense and get along to figure things out. It will work, but the ” I ” needs to be removed from TEAM. last i checked I does not go well with TEAM. So try something different than tv or video games and make a difference for not only yourself but the whole county.
http://www.myescambia.com/Bureaus/PublicSafety/FirefighterRecruitment.html

By: Reply to honost

Reply to honost — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:03:37 +0000

It’s just like watching the war on tv or a football game if you haunt been their then you might have some idea, in the end though your still just a sideline quarterback. And if I did know who you are, with your sorry attitude toward volunteers, you wouldn’t be worth wasting my breath on. Don’t think for one second I don’t know that ems and law get on here and spin their crap too, angin you don’t have the experience then stay on the side line. I got mine.

By: Ant

Ant — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:43:08 +0000

Statement to honest offer/it wasnt bobber/ whatever the next post name will be:

I apologize for whatever personally happen to you that some volunteer in this county has done to you. It greatly saddens me that you assume to know what every volunteer FF in the county thinks or how they act. You do not know me from Adam, but you belittle me and and talk down to me with hatred.

I understand that a great wrong has been done to you, I encourage you to take the issue of that wrong up with the specific individuals that were involved. Since you work with both the career and volunteer side of fire, EMS, and law enforcement, you know that training and education in all of these fields never end. Maybe you could help ensure that whatever happened, doesn’t to anyone else.

You maybe able to help a young volunteer FF to make the decision to go to the fire academy and make it a career of it.

Given the economic status of our county, the inability to hire more career FF at this time, and you connections with all levels of public safety to encourge the maximum amount of training the career and volunteers could recieve.