Lets think of this from the perspective of a municipal official or resident who is unaware that apparatus is going out of town for a parade. How many departments let their elected officials or municipal manager know that the Chief is allowing apparatus to go out of the municipality for a parade without making arrangements for coverage in town and relying on mutual aid coverage. I am sure the residents of most municipalites would not be happy about this especially if there was an incident at there residence. Imagine having to explain the delay in response because the first due apparatus is at a parade or god forbid explaing the parade related respnse delay associated with a fatality.
Fire apparauts in a volunteer service is entrusted to the volunteers to be available during a time of need not during a time of partying for the volunteers which is what the real reason behind most parades
I also received a jury summons in the mail recently. Too bad it's for the county courthouse and not a federal one. Do the NY state courts still have occupational exemptions?
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Lets think of this from the perspective of a municipal official or resident who is unaware that apparatus is going out of town for a parade. How many departments let their elected officials or municipal manager know that the Chief is allowing apparatus to go out of the municipality for a parade without making arrangements for coverage in town and relying on mutual aid coverage. I am sure the residents of most municipalites would not be happy about this especially if there was an incident at there residence. Imagine having to explain the delay in response because the first due apparatus is at a parade or god forbid explaing the parade related respnse delay associated with a fatality.
Fire apparauts in a volunteer service is entrusted to the volunteers to be available during a time of need not during a time of partying for the volunteers which is what the real reason behind most parades