Thread: Welcome to the volly room

Originally Posted by stumpy

just calm down, guys , the nz fs is governed by an ACT of parliament , they don't have an unlimited supply of money to build stations then set up the crews to man it , its about risk , and what the fire service act requires as tabled by parliament ... as in response times etc , and cover , and vollies are not free ... there is huge costs that go into this , .. and vollies can claim lost wages ... as population grows the demographic of the area changes , ... and with it the risk , so into the cap expenditure gos the reccomendations of coverage , nothing happens overnight .
I also understand what Mohawk was getting at , dis-servce may be the wrong term , but the intent is the same .
I want to thank all the vollies that give their time and give up family life for the service , just as I appreciate the fulltime crews that have chosen this as their career , the first step is to get a yellow watch crew into the area , ... then see how the response times pan out , ... if it is shown in stats and hard facts that a full time crew is needed then it will be looked at ,
keep it civil fellas , ...

Cheers Stumpy, you have worded it more succinct than I have, and yes I agree that the volunteer community do a fantastic job....