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G/ Baden: Did you ever hold a tiny baby in your hands ? and give it mouth to mouth <br />respiration -then Ed Webster at the billiard lounge, he didn't make it -but the man <br />on the rig was right there helping to revive him. If this proposal goes through, you won't <br />have a Fire Dept, or a rescue service. Ken Schmidt and a few of us avere there quickly and <br />that good service ~I think he meant at the billiard lounge) is going to be taken away, I <br />ink that's terrible . <br />Al Helbig: I don't think there is any doubt that we have one of the best Fire Departments <br />in the state. This is strictly guess as far as if we went to volunteer - I personally feel <br />that we could have a good department. Of the men I have questioned 50% of them or better <br />are willing to sleep here. I know of the 22 men at least 20 of them can handle the pumper <br />and take it out. The volunteer organization is in the middle here and we took a vote to not <br />get mixed in with the union and the council. If we go to full volunteer I am sure all the <br />volunteers will work as hard to protect the village and the people in it - as well as we can. <br />As far as being trained for first aid, we have some of the best first aid men in this dept. <br />Dachtera, Renchin handling the stuff - we are all trained. Answering night calls, we don'#~ <br />lose athing -day calls we lose a driver. With radio we may lose 1, 2 , 3 minutes getting <br />the rig out. Nomrfcr one call if fireman calls a line that happens to be busy, he has to make <br />another call or two and he has already spent 1 - 2 minutes making phone call before the siren <br />goes off. I think it would work either way. .Personally I am not looking forward to sleeping <br />here. It is hard to say whether we lose much or whether we gain much. I think with radio <br />control we would have more men to the fire faster, then rig would be five minutes slower getting <br />there. It is hard to say which would work best. Ideal situation would be to have man on duty <br />with radios, too -but price wise it is out of the question. As volunteers we are right in <br />the middle. <br /> <br />G6NTlN~e~ <br />r <br />