Essex Mass FD wants more money

[Peteri Szerlagi]

https://www.firehouse.com/careers-education/news/55309778/days-of-all-volunteer-essex-ma-fire-department-may-be-ending

they already have 2 people paid to be in the station on weekdays

they are getting a FT fire inspector - and they want a fulltime chief

have 33 year old water tender - nice

The Essex Fire Department currently consists of about 40 call
emergency responders, two engines, one ladder truck, one squad
vehicle, two ambulances equipped for basic life-saving, one marine
unit and one tender, he said.


The department is also seeking to replace the 22-year-old Engine 1,
the 17-year-old Engine 2, and at least one of its two ambulances that
Hassel said need to be replaced about every five years.

The department’s annual budget amounts to $560,000, compared with
budgets of $1.9 million in Manchester-by-the-Sea and a $674,826 in
Rockport, Hassel said.

(rockport is all vol mostly iirc - manchester is combo)


if they went fully paid - 4 shifts of 3 people - then total budget
might be $2M - but if they save just 1 home or 1 life - then its a
bargain