For decades, fire departments have fought over staffing funding with budget masters, mayors, and city councils trying to get the revenue that put fire fighters on the street. The problem, simply put, how can you prove that the absence or presence of a fire fighter may have made a difference...
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Red Cross Honors Two Lacey Fire District Fire Fighters
The Mount Rainier Chapter of the American Red Cross recently gave awards for heroic acts by members of the community. This is what they posted on facebook regarding two of the recipients from Lacey Fire District and the picture is from Fitzgeralds Photography in Lacey.
“Red Cross Medical Rescue Heroes
Award Sponsor: Providence St. Peter Hospital
Firefighters Ethan...
Volunteer fire fighting is tough coast to coast.
At Lacey Fire District, the union has been drug through the mud frequently that we’re anti-volunteer and we’re chasing away volunteers. In truth, most of the career members at Lacey started as volunteers, and even some still are volunteers in other communities. In many departments, the existence of paid fire fighters...