I truely hope that is not the case. Volunteers are there for their communities and comradary that goes with it.
There is the stigma of us and them but I see both having a place in their own communities whether rural or urban. Both having equal strengths and weaknesses.
Amalgamating 43 organisation into one make sense as we are all doing the same job. Although the NZFS is well structured in terms of systems, procedures, equipment and resources I hope that the other organisations are no dissolved into it.
Hardest part of accepting change is losing the emotional attachment. What ever happens you will never forget the way it was.
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