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fatlazyless · 11-15-2009, 09:07 PM

Hey ScubaJay,

Thanks for taking the time to write a serious reply and overlooking my snide comments. It's good because it lets people know something about the fire dept.

By the way, Saint Vincent's has some good used, low priced fire truck toys for nice gifts.

As I understand, Laconia is a city of about 18000, and Meredith is a town of about 6000. Laconia has a full time fire dept and Meredith has an on-call, volunteer fire dept.

Maybe I'm a wee bit of a cheapie and probably think different than the Meredith selectmen, but if it were up to me I'd ask this question: Considering that neighboring Laconia already has a 100' tower truck why does Meredith need to buy one, too? Like, how many expensive trucks does the area really need without breaking the property tax payers?

Do any of the surrounding towns of Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Holderness, Gilford, Alton, or Belmont have 100' tower trucks? And, are trucks purchased for each town on an individual town basis or on an area-wide regional basis?

As far as I know, only the City of Laconia out of all the towns mentioned, has a full time, paid fire dept while the others have on-call fire depts. Is it a problem for Meredith and other towns to rapidly rally enough on-call fire fighters to effectively arrive to an emergency? As everyone knows, a fire truck is useless without someone to drive it and additional people to operate it.

11-15-2009, 09:07 PM	#78
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,793 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 301 Thanked 1,024 Times in 745 Posts	Hey ScubaJay, Thanks for taking the time to write a serious reply and overlooking my snide comments. It's good because it lets people know something about the fire dept. By the way, Saint Vincent's has some good used, low priced fire truck toys for nice gifts. As I understand, Laconia is a city of about 18000, and Meredith is a town of about 6000. Laconia has a full time fire dept and Meredith has an on-call, volunteer fire dept. Maybe I'm a wee bit of a cheapie and probably think different than the Meredith selectmen, but if it were up to me I'd ask this question: Considering that neighboring Laconia already has a 100' tower truck why does Meredith need to buy one, too? Like, how many expensive trucks does the area really need without breaking the property tax payers? Do any of the surrounding towns of Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Holderness, Gilford, Alton, or Belmont have 100' tower trucks? And, are trucks purchased for each town on an individual town basis or on an area-wide regional basis? As far as I know, only the City of Laconia out of all the towns mentioned, has a full time, paid fire dept while the others have on-call fire depts. Is it a problem for Meredith and other towns to rapidly rally enough on-call fire fighters to effectively arrive to an emergency? As everyone knows, a fire truck is useless without someone to drive it and additional people to operate it. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 11-15-2009 at 11:19 PM.