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when the sirens call between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. That’s the difference in response time. If the fire two years ago had happened in the evening or on a weekend. that house on the Fodderstack Road probably could have been saved. As it was. the first volunteer to reach the fire station watched black smoke billow into the air while he waited for someone else to arrive so the tanker could leave.
After that house fire, we urged some of the men—and women—who stood 1 around waiting for the fire trucks, complaining ab'.u: 'Vie delay, to join the j fire department or rescue squad. Obviously, since they reached the site I so quickly, they had jobs they could I leave, jobs within a few minutes of the , station house. (
We want to repeat that earlier t suggestion. 1
We need fire fighters and rescue personnel available ail day, every day. If you have a job that you can leave in an emergency, if you’re at home or on the farm during weekdays, join an . emergency service unit. It can mean a response time of five minutes for every | fire and rescue call and that could make i a life or death difference. I
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