Yearly Archives: 2009
We Are Not Against Business!
The fact is that if you took the title, and all of the ”union” attributes and trimmings away from the Lacey Fire Fighters, you wouldn’t see an ounce of difference in current events. It would still be a group of men and women who work daily as service professionals, significantly...
Yakima incident proves that emergency services must keep up with growth.
Its the same deal here…We’re just waiting for our incident. God willing, no one will die but the risk is clearly there. Click here for the link.
The Day Lacey Shook: February 28, 2001
The Nisqually earthquake of February 28, 2001, was a remarkable day in Lacey, Washington especially for local fire fighters. At the time, Lacey Fire District had more staffing than we do today but ran only about 4000 a year and a busy day was a 12 to 16 calls a day; all...
For those who want to privatize the fire department
This is for those who think privatization is the best possible concept…And if you still doubt it, please go to Arizona where many departments that used to be private when back to public for a multitude of reasons. Most notably…Cost.
You tube video.
Engineers: Most people don’t care about fire safety.
A recent survey and accompanying article by the Society for Fire Protection Engineers recently found that most Americans do not consider fire a threat when considering their overall risk. Even though fire risk in America far exceeds that of other disasters and also costs the most financial loss and lives, most Americans are oblivious to...
Its about character and integrity.
Elections clearly bring out several sides to a person or a candidate…That is if you’re close enough and looking. The following letter is in addition to an up coming “Letter to the Editor” in The Olympian and is from a fire fighter who just happened to get “close enough”.
Some quick background is that all...
I-1033. LFD3 Could Save the City.
If you happened to watch or attend the last Lacey City Council meeting, you would have heard Mayor Graeme Sackrison give a report on several issues. Some of these issues were quickly covered, such as Cynthia Pratt’s letter to the council rejecting the justification to “revitalize” the Lacey Gateway project, the 2010 Lacey city...
Ron Lawson Campaign Kick Off on August 17th!
Lacey City Council Candidate Ron Lawson will be having a campaign kick off on August 17th at the Mayan Restaurant at 4520 Pacific Ave SE between 530pm and 7pm…Come hungry and bring a check book or three.