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ing into account funding available from other counties. Amissville, for example, receives 70 percent of its funding from Culpeper County, in proportion to the number, of calls answered there.
Chester Gap similarly receives funding from Warren County and, if called to fight a fire in the Shenandoah National Park, Washington would be reimbursed by the federal government. Improved recordkeeping since the establishment of the board shows that some of the smaller stations’ ceilings should be raised so that distribution of funds would be more equitable.
The ceiling is divided into more specific subcategories that, until this year, were also capped.
Personnel turnover and equipment damage causes the amount of money needed to vary each fiscal year.
Records for FY96-97 show that actual expenses for every company exceeded the FLB authorization. Short-falls in the fire levy were offset by individual voluntary donations and mqjor fund raisers, such as weekly bingo games and annual carnivals.
Burke estimated that outfitting a single firefighter in a complete set of running gear costs approximately $1,200. That outfit (boots, coat, helmet, etc.) has to be fitted for the individual wearing it and has a useful life of about five years.
Companies generally assign their best equipment to their most active, and thereby most endangered, volunteers and try to pass used equipment down to less active or younger members still in training.
The current budget process does not involve longrange or strategic planning typical of true budget devel
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