Comments on: Escambia County’s Four New Fire Trucks Will Soon Be Ready For Service

By: William Syrup

William Syrup — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:00:54 +0000

Southend resident, sorry I hit a key and shipped my reply before I was finished. Yes we all pay the LOST sales tax, but so do Alabama residents when they come into Florida to by groceries to avoid the Alabama sales tax on them, and so do tourist who come to visit Florida staying or passing through Escambia County. I have been a supporter of the LOST tax from the start and always will be. I was also a Volunteer Fire Fighter in Escambia County for 23 years. I was present when the MSBU first started and I remember the fire stations this fund bought, the first 3 were in the north end. The whole fire community in Escambia County received an immediate benefit of not having to spend time on our fund drives, this gave us back 3 months of time we could spend training. I agree with you on the updating of our fire equipment, we must keep this up and not let our County Commissioners forget this. Thanks

By: South End Resident

South End Resident — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:32:16 +0000

Southend resident, If you read the article you will see that the trucks were paid with LOST funds not the MSBU fire tax. Not sure that this makes much of a difference but we all need to aware of the value of the LOST tax fund to this county and yes north, central, south and beach as well as the key residents pay for the LOST

By: Northend resident

Northend resident — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:21:10 +0000

I am glad that we are updating some of our equipment, good dependable equipment is a must for our fire departments. With that being said the Walnut Hill fire department still has equipment from the 90″s. When we do get equipment it has been passed down from at least 2 other departments and is now our problem child to deal with. We pay the same taxes as the south end and deserve good dependable equipment also. I realize we are a rural area and our calls are not as frequent , but either way our homes are just as important and we deserve new equipment. Really we should get new equipment first because we do not have as many stations as they do in town and if we have a mechanical failure we do not have back up as close as they do in town.