In an online vote, the residents of town of Deep River came out 89 percent in favor of seeking a reduction in full-time fighters and to bring in volunteers, both enhancing safety and reducing cost.
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We’ve been told, effectively: “Deep River, you can hire all the volunteer firefighters you want, but if you do, you’ll be stuck with your expensive fire service model for the long term. You’ll have to agree to give away your power Continue reading Arbitration allows volunteer fire fighters, yet denies taxpayers right to cost‐effective fire service
Our fire protection service is inadequate. We need to employ volunteer firefighters to make our community safer, at a substantially lower cost. The union contract stands in the way.
This page posts explanations, documents, and important background references as the situation stood in Fall 2014, when I discussed the Deep River’s need for volunteer firefighters with Wei Chan on CBC Ontario Morning on September 25, 2014. Much of this is still very relevant today (Fall 2017). Continue reading Deep River Needs Volunteer Firefighters
