The Fire Service is a Bargain - Spread the Word

摘要

When someone says, "It isn't the money, it's the principle," you can bet it's the money. I've been in the fire service for almost 35 years and I can't remember a time when money wasn't a major issue. We have been tasked with providing fire protection, EMS, and myriad other special-response and life-safety missions. To provide these services effectively, we also must invest in training for our responders and education of the public. For all this, fire departments need public funds. The public increasingly wants to know where their money is going. That's fair. Unfortunately, "knowing" and "understanding" are different things, and some choose to vilify the fire service for the raw numbers they see, rather than trying to understand the investment value the figures represent. That's unfair.