deere755
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- Case 2090 Massey Ferguson 4233 John Deere 4700
Our town is hurting for volunteer firemen and women. There has been 3 TV stations do a story on our situation and one on line news source. We have put up flyers and asked everyone we know about volunteering. The other day we had a small field fire, one person answered the call, he asked for mutual aid from another town and they got no response so he fought it alone. This has happened twice in recent weeks. I know this is a tractor forum but I know some of you are firemen and I was wondering if it is a problem in your area. If so what are you doing to recruit members. We have a junior fireman organization and the membership on it is down to 2. I can remember 24 years ago when I joined I was on a waiting list to get on. Now we have about 10 to 12 members and about 8 active, no one on the waiting list. Last night we had a call for a guy that turned a riding lawn tractor over on him and we 4 firemen together at 5 pm. The day time is the worst but it is getting that way of a night too.