Gotta have a headcount, and more importantly a headcount on whose trained up in what. Firefighter courses, Fire Officer courses, BLS / ACLS stuff, EMRs, EMTs, Medics and so on..paperwork on everything, no stone left unturned.
As a 22 year veteran firefighter this is a damn shame to see this fire company get shut down due to budget constraints. Yes our air packs has a life span . Yes our gear has a life span. These good people risk their lives every day for no pay. This company has over a 100 years of tradition and it’s sad to see it go . Just my opinion
I live in a volunteer community and when they need help they call in extra help from other volunteers community an I’ve seen paid firefighters come an help out. Why can’t city an county or state give the volunteers the FUNDS to do their jobs
Texas emergency services funding is messed up, it’s not adequate, .10 cents per 100 dollars is not adequate especially in an area with a smaller tax base.
Typical…ESD controls the money and wants to control the department operations as well. This happens with all ESD’S. The ESD will win and operate the fire department. Once an ESD is established the legacy department will eventually disappear.
CHANGE TO ME LIKE YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT BUT YOU GUYS NEED ALL THE SAFETY THAT YOU CAN GET SO YOU DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY
Did anyone answer the ESD president question? How many of the volunteers are SFFMA 2 fire certified? How many are EMS certified? He sounded like the ESD is tired of paying out money to a VFD that didnt want to do what they were supposed to.
@amazonbox5551 The ESD can't apply for the grants. The VFD has to do that. There are so many grants out there to pay for the training, you just have to apply. My VFD gets grants for everything. The ESD just handles the capital purchases and M&O items to keep trucks on the road. The VFD gets grants for training, props, equipment, etc.
On top of that, it appears they removed funding from the department and tried getting the department to buy equipment THEY CANT USE WITH THEIR CURRENT EQUIPMENT which removes efficiency and removes the ability to switch out the equipment effectively when it needs service
@amazonbox5551 Yes... I'm a volunteer. If a VFD isn't getting grants....thats their own fault. Im tired of all these people that want to be volunteers and give us a bad name. Do the job right or get out. I dont have sympathy. Maybe the ESD did screw them over, idk. But most of what I've seen...its the VFDs fault.
So the idea is to quit if you don't get what you want? I was a volunteer almost 60 years ago and we used wet gunny sacks off a 1929 firetruck. (Kent Co., Texas)
@@slackjawedyokel1 alot of the time they buy used trucks from other departments, they get lucky to buy something like a modern international. Looks like mostly 90s and 2000s trucks other than the tanker
@@amazonbox5551 For a small VFD -the apparatus looks adequate - and the issue over having a popularity contest for a chief vs a vetted appointed chief is telling.
A lot of volunteer companies have like 1 person who actually knows how to respond and the rest of them show up to their monthly meetings and talk about doing all these technical rescues and how they need more money. The majority of volunteer fire departments are nowhere near trained enough to necessitate something like a brand new extrication tool set.
@@fosterbrown8496 I’ve been a volunteer. You literally go through a weekend only academy over 12 weeks and that gives you the ability to enter an IDLH environment. Before that, you can respond to medicals and whatnot as a “limited responder”. You barely need anything to be a volunteer firefighter
@ correct. I know here in Ohio you have to take a 36 hour class and once you complete that you are a certified volunteer. Now whether you choose to expand your knowledge and train your skills more or be a bump on a log firefighter is up to you. At our department thankfully we take training pretty seriously and it helps having quite a few guys that are paid level 2 as well on the department lol
Gotta have a headcount, and more importantly a headcount on whose trained up in what. Firefighter courses, Fire Officer courses, BLS / ACLS stuff, EMRs, EMTs, Medics and so on..paperwork on everything, no stone left unturned.
As a 22 year veteran firefighter this is a damn shame to see this fire company get shut down due to budget constraints. Yes our air packs has a life span . Yes our gear has a life span. These good people risk their lives every day for no pay. This company has over a 100 years of tradition and it’s sad to see it go . Just my opinion
The Hondo Fire Department has some really nice trucks and equipment.
I was gonna say the same
@dripskee6443 Dibs on the 4900!😆
@@markdanielczyk944 i'm taking the ram lmao
Can I have half f150 brush
@@markdanielczyk944fuck beat me to it 💀
I live in a volunteer community and when they need help they call in extra help from other volunteers community an I’ve seen paid firefighters come an help out. Why can’t city an county or state give the volunteers the FUNDS to do their jobs
Texas emergency services funding is messed up, it’s not adequate, .10 cents per 100 dollars is not adequate especially in an area with a smaller tax base.
Typical…ESD controls the money and wants to control the department operations as well. This happens with all ESD’S. The ESD will win and operate the fire department. Once an ESD is established the legacy department will eventually disappear.
damn. wash all those rigs. wtf?
There are grants for all that equipment. As a former volunteer myself, we got grants everything.
If they can’t provide training records, an active roster, or who’s in charge the chances for a grant are slim.
bean counting clown acts don't give a crap about people
100% guarantee that the ESD president doesn't live in the coverage area for Hondo.
Pitiful
Small Town politics…Don’t Ya Love It?
CHANGE TO ME LIKE YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT BUT YOU GUYS NEED ALL THE SAFETY THAT YOU CAN GET SO YOU DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY
Did anyone answer the ESD president question? How many of the volunteers are SFFMA 2 fire certified? How many are EMS certified? He sounded like the ESD is tired of paying out money to a VFD that didnt want to do what they were supposed to.
Or the department ISN'T GETTING THE FUNDING IT NEEDS TO DO THAT because well the governments don't actually give a sht about small rural communities
@amazonbox5551 The ESD can't apply for the grants. The VFD has to do that. There are so many grants out there to pay for the training, you just have to apply.
My VFD gets grants for everything. The ESD just handles the capital purchases and M&O items to keep trucks on the road. The VFD gets grants for training, props, equipment, etc.
@rickjames553 you do realise alot of Volunteer departments dont actually get grants? Its all charity
On top of that, it appears they removed funding from the department and tried getting the department to buy equipment THEY CANT USE WITH THEIR CURRENT EQUIPMENT which removes efficiency and removes the ability to switch out the equipment effectively when it needs service
@amazonbox5551 Yes... I'm a volunteer. If a VFD isn't getting grants....thats their own fault.
Im tired of all these people that want to be volunteers and give us a bad name. Do the job right or get out. I dont have sympathy. Maybe the ESD did screw them over, idk. But most of what I've seen...its the VFDs fault.
So the idea is to quit if you don't get what you want? I was a volunteer almost 60 years ago and we used wet gunny sacks off a 1929 firetruck. (Kent Co., Texas)
Volunteer 🤔 $60k in Tools
I smell a Democrat in the mix here.
No, it’s definitely a retrumplican….. not a clue what the hell they’re talking about!
looks like some pretty nice apparatus to be under funded
@@slackjawedyokel1 alot of the time they buy used trucks from other departments, they get lucky to buy something like a modern international. Looks like mostly 90s and 2000s trucks other than the tanker
@@amazonbox5551 For a small VFD -the apparatus looks adequate - and the issue over having a popularity contest for a chief vs a vetted appointed chief is telling.
A lot of volunteer companies have like 1 person who actually knows how to respond and the rest of them show up to their monthly meetings and talk about doing all these technical rescues and how they need more money. The majority of volunteer fire departments are nowhere near trained enough to necessitate something like a brand new extrication tool set.
It’s really not hard to do extrication…
False. Many volunteer departments know more than you think. They gotta go through the same training just like everybody else paid or not.
@@fosterbrown8496 I’ve been a volunteer. You literally go through a weekend only academy over 12 weeks and that gives you the ability to enter an IDLH environment. Before that, you can respond to medicals and whatnot as a “limited responder”. You barely need anything to be a volunteer firefighter
@ correct. I know here in Ohio you have to take a 36 hour class and once you complete that you are a certified volunteer. Now whether you choose to expand your knowledge and train your skills more or be a bump on a log firefighter is up to you. At our department thankfully we take training pretty seriously and it helps having quite a few guys that are paid level 2 as well on the department lol
@@bakerthree6r where the hell is that for me we have the same class length as the paid guys for both FFI and FFII along with Hazmat Ops and Awareness
are you a liberal town or a republican town. you sound like a CALI.
dude, come on. nobody cares.
Better get used to it. Government efficiency at work. You will not believe what marg's team is going to do.