It's not that we care to do the training, because I'm willing to take my vacation time to complete it. Most volunteers will tell you that they would love to be able to take the 65 hours of training but who's going to pay for it. I can't pay it on my own. Our community helps our department raise funds twice a year to be able to operate, but a majority of the funds comes from people outside of the community and with the economic times that we are faced with, our funds from last year were cut almost in half. Maybe we should do like a department I know of in Arkansas and charge a membership to those in the community and if we respond to your property even for a false call, we'll send you a bill unless you are a member.
Fire training mandate slammed
It's not that we care to do the training, because I'm willing to take my vacation time to complete it. Most volunteers will tell you that they would love to be able to take the 65 hours of training but who's going to pay for it. I can't pay it on my own. Our community helps our department raise funds twice a year to be able to operate, but a majority of the funds comes from people outside of the community and with the economic times that we are faced with, our funds from last year were cut almost in half. Maybe we should do like a department I know of in Arkansas and charge a membership to those in the community and if we respond to your property even for a false call, we'll send you a bill unless you are a member.