Comments on: Boise FD Expands Service Area With Takeover

By: cyclops

cyclops — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:40:53 +0000

If I was working with Ada County Emergency Medical Services, I don’t think I would be buying my jellybeans by the pound!!!

By: wannabe

wannabe — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:05:07 +0000

Nemo, how do you know the guys with the North Ada County district? Do you live in that district?

By: nemo

nemo — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:24:08 +0000

Why, yes it is. Thank you.

By: found it...

found it... — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:06:03 +0000

Nemo, is this what your looking for?

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/firedistricts.nsf/0/14487F880AA93F0686256EFA0015F5C4?OpenDocument

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/firedistricts.nsf/0/585415870E5B797086256EF7006E1EB3?OpenDocument

By: Nemo

Nemo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:36:43 +0000

Now I like the guys with the North County Fire Department. Truly. But I have some concerns, major concerns as a tax payer.

As I said before, the bigger issue, is that now there is another revenue stream that BFD now has unsupervised access too for all their pet projects. Dive Teams, More Truck Companies, Ambulances, Monster fire stations (Like the new Station 15, or Station 14, both in the WHITNEY fire district) etc. Does anyone really believe you need a multi million dollar station with 4 bays for 3-4 guys and one fire truck?

The Garden City Taxpayers have no say because its BOISE FD and the BOISE elected officials.

Boise Taxpayers have no say in what their FD is doing (kinda Like Team Dave), because BFD will claim its with Garden City monies.

There was an excellent expose a few years ago (I will have to find it) on the revenue streams and excesses of FIRE DISTRICTS, because no one pays attention to their budgets like they do municipal or county governments. Different commissioners, very low profile.

The current system was working fine, why mess with it unless someone has something to gain?

By: AllSeeing

AllSeeing — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:07:31 +0000

Let me think… all these new Fire Fighters will be Boise’s, lots of new Union Members, need to raise the new Fire Fighters pay to current contract pay levels, new contracts coming up, more power for Fire Union to get more raises and benefits.

That’s not bad, but when was the last time you heard the Fire Union and City Officials argue about pay and benefits? Just a few years ago it was the Police Union but not a peep from the Fire Union, (hint.. Dave became Mayor and not a word from the Fire Union), makes me think, how about you?

By: Clancy

Clancy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:22:01 +0000

Without knowing all the details, consolidation of services is always a good idea as it generally reduces overhead. I think more agencies should be consolidated under the premise of reducing overhead-mostly administrative. Our tax dollars need to be stretched in everyway imaginable.

The notion that this will lead to more sprawl is just a notion. Who is now responsible for negotiating the new contracts for services into new areas/PC’s?

EDITOR NOTE–Clancy, I sort of agree. This one will have to be “time will tell.”