The Western Springs Fire Department Is The Low Amount Of Paid On Call Firefighters

Budgets have played a major role in fire departments all over the world. In the past couple of years, fire department budgets have been in the headlines quite frequently. This is especially true in Florida, where there has been much controversy in the proposal and passing of Amendment 1, in January 2008. The passing of this amendment has left many counties and cities in Florida having to cut budgets across the board, which includes the fire and EMS departments. Many departments are facing a substantial loss in their fiscal year budget which could translate

To better understand the background of the contrasting views, we must look at how the fire service has developed around

Volunteer fire departments everywhere have staffing problems. If you take a drive past any fire department you will probably see a volunteers needed sign. A fire chief in Pennsylvania stated “I would like to have a greater turnout of firefighters on scene than what we currently have,” he said. “We have a lack of volunteers who are able to respond during daytime hours” (Shawgo, 2014, p. 17). There are several reason that there is not as good of a turnout as there used to be. Back in the 1970s and 1980s the thing to do in town was to hang out at the fire house. There was not as much going on as there is today. People today want to spend more time with their family and go out to the movies or mini golfing, things that family’s did not do as much back in the day. The average amount of training that a volunteer must go through is about 130 hours. Most people see that as too much time to sacrifice. Also, in today’s economy many people work a second or even third job in order to make ends meet. There are also more single parent households then there used to be, which does not allow for hardly any time to volunteer. Due to the reasons stated above it is very difficult to properly staff fire trucks in volunteer departments. The average age of members continues to increase. The few people left who still find time to volunteer often work a regular job during the day, which makes day time emergency calls even harder to respond to with proper staffing. The typical fire truck holds 6

The unexpected closing of the local plant due to the downturn in the economy and the amount of layoffs as a result has reduced the amount of income tax collected in the city. Income taxes fund 23% of the projected budget revenues for police and fire services. The lowering of the available revenues from income tax for funding of police and fire services will have dire repercussions. The projected income for the fire department is greatly needed to replace the aging truck fleet. The loss of this income could result in loss of life because the city has insufficient fire trucks that operate

This applied research project will examine fire chief succession planning for Quilcene fire Rescue and how it can be accomplished. Applied

Working as the budget director for the mayor of the city of Kelsey, we have recently been getting numerous complaints from the citizens about an increase in crime and also an issue of the public demanding for more police officers. With the population of the city growing daily, the increase of crime is continuing to progress as well. The mayor has informed us that this past year is the highest increase in crime in the city’s history, that the federal government has reduced the federal pass-through money for the state and that the budgeting group needs to revamp the budget for the coming year. Within this document as the

Virtually everywhere in the United States is affected to one degree of another by wildland fires. Even if a community is not directly involved with the fire itself, chances are that some of its members have gone to help fight wildland fires in other areas of the country by providing manpower, financial support, or other humanitarian aid.

Ultimately the district would exhaust $1,722,333.40 over its combined revenue of 6,763,484 over the next three years on this salary incentive. This would mean that their would have to be large cuts in instructional programs, or an increase in revenue. To truly see this, happen the board would have to increase revenue or cut programs. I would advise that we take a increase in revenue of 5%, and that we make smaller scale increase in the salary scale of a 2.5% increase in year one with a 250 increase the years following; this would leave the district on track to not have to make any instructional

During the month of October, 2008 we lost another fire fighter in a residential structure fire. The Victim was a 24 Y/O male fire fighter from Alabama who had been a volunteer with the department for two years. The firefighter training seemed to be standard for a new volunteer in the area which he served. As always it is tragic to lose a fire fighter and as always we try to learn from it.

First off I am going to talk about the B.C Wildfires. The wildfires aren’t a good matter for B.C. In 2012 they made a deal with the government giving registration services for the people in the fires. The Province of B.C strongly encourages all evacuees to register with the Canadian Red Cross, even if aid is not required. Given the current wildfire situation. Red Cross is bringing in additional resources when and as needed to ensure pub

Over the past couple of years, our small city of Granbury has seen a drastic spike in population. This recent growth has not only caused an unemployment crisis, but it also has influenced a greater risk of devastating fires for both homes and businesses. However, if the city of Granbury were to adopt full time fire departments, all citizens and businesses would benefit in numerous aspects. By adopting these full time departments, it is clear that our cities proficiency, productivity, and safety will increase greatly. There is a little over 400 volunteer firefighters at seven departments spread across Granbury. This not only means that these hard working heros do not receive a paycheck for their excruciating efforts, but it also reveals that these 400 firefighters are not stationed at their departments which indicates they must travel to the station to be able to then respond to a call causing a slow response time; opposed to career departments that always have their stations manned which is proven to generate a quicker response time. Not only do these full time departments ensure proper response times to emergencies, but they will also correspond with companies insurance codes which allow their franchises to be opened in cities only with these career departments. Many companies such as Target, Academy, Olive Garden, Main Event, etc… all require professional fire departments for their stores to be built in that city. Also, the lack of recreational opportunities prevent social

Many people are not getting the right service because of lack of money. Police and fire department staff are suffering the consequences of shortage of money, yet this is affecting the whole communities because when there are more personnel emergency response is

Many do not know of the budget crisis going on but those that do recognize it is a major issue. These citizens that understand what is going of have begun to protest because their safety is at risk. The cuts that have been going on reduce the size of the police force which in turn brings crime rates up, and also fire departments have fewer men and unmaintained equipment to help rescue civilians. This scares many citizens into either moving to a city with a better emergency service budget or protesting to get their city’s budget raised. "I pray that nobody in this room needs the police or fire in their new future," another attendee remarked” (qtd. In Smith 5). Many citizens feel that their local governments have been focused on the wrong things. They believe that the local governments have it all wrong. One citizen quoted in Smith paragraph 6 said “the public service has to be number one.” These civilians have gone to city council meeting with petitions and protested a change. In some areas, this has led to budget renegotiations as well as contracts being

“We saw a team who were fire fighting issues, but found that there was a lack of planning for the future. The

However, I believe that with the help of special interest groups and advocates speaking with representatives that with enough movement the issue can be discussed. Another major issue that may arise once there is a requirement for departments to incorporate a health and wellness is compliance. However, I feel like this was a similar challenge that was a concern when NIMS was enforced to create interoperability. Like the NIMS implementation I believe that creating a more firefighter focused fire service will be supported by enough departments that it can be successful carried out. The last obstacle that may occur is funding grants for firefighter survival training. To overcome this challenge there may need to be a change of focus in funding opportunities in the emergency services to support the betterment of those serving the communities around the