Great an election is looming - good timing to get some press - one side (of politics) offers 9M the others 13M. Well lets see what happens when these pollies find out that while they are chasing brownie points to encourage new members the bureaucrats in the CFS want to take one of our trucks.
The thing is its over 12 years old - is in good condition and owes knowone anything (some diesel and a service now and then) and its damn reliable, something which is comforting considering its role. This is getting personal, and its only just begun.
Oh yeah I have heard it could be the activation of the minimum fire cover thing -you know "Rural Brigades on need one truck" - mmm, well I guess we don't need so many members that's easy.
I have tried my best and succeeded to get 2 new members others have brought in another 6 in the last 2 years, why
, it the rural brigades that have the members on tap 24 / 7 because we work where we live.
No offence intended to the town based brigades - we are all brothers (and sisters) in arms, we do what we do for our community not for fame or fortune.