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scubajay1153 · 01-06-2008, 10:38 AM

Les,
Interesting info on the state of your property and values/taxes. Like you mentioned it seems to me that the high tax rates on people with situations like yourself would almost be forcing people with small lake front homes/ cabins, etc. to seel off to people around them which in turn would make room for more McMansions along the sure as the rich gobble up the smaller plots and make them big ones. I found it amazing, the high amount of people who have homes up here that are only here enough time during a year to claim residency here to gain all of the "perks" but yet avoid alot of the negatives by not being FT residents. Much of Southdown SHores/Long Bay and GI seems to be vacant most of the year when we go the homes for fire alarm calls and such. Amazing that people have enough money to have $400,000 "summer place" in SDS and still maintain a home in MASS or COnn. Must be nice. :P As far as the Bill from Kennedy, sounds good to me, but my wife understands some of that stuff more then I.

Weirs Guy,
I will answer you honestly and say that I was in Concord running the dive shop the day the incident occured and I cannot say for certain where all of our people and assets where located thruought the city. But I can tell you that all three ambulances (two at Central, one in the Weirs), the Central Engine, the Weirs engine, the Dive Truck(Lakeport), and the Water Rescue truck (Central) all have rescue suits and accesory equipment and that the other units have PFDs, throw bags and rescue rope on them. Depending on the state of the gear (some maybe out for repair and such) sometimes even the Weirs Ladder has a suit. Also as I mention all of the fulltime LFD personnel are trained in the suits. It is a fair question to inquiry about having another ice rescue. If the water or ice rescue call comes in not only is the entire onduty staff sent with the closest unit and closest boat (one in the Weirs and one in Paugus Bay during non ice conditions) but also the water rescue truck with an inflatable boat, an ambulance and we automatically have Gilford respond with a rescue truck, ambulance and peoplepower as well as Belmont with an ambulance. This does not included the fact that we also call back all off duty personnel who can respond to the scene, to Lakeport for the Dive truck or to one of the stations to man back up units and ambulances.

Obviously if anyone has questions about the LFD and such please fire a question to me, Chief Erickson or one of his Deputies. Some people may be amazed about not only how understaffed we are by National Standards (not the Fire Chiefs fault!) but how highly trained and diverse the department and it's members are.

01-06-2008, 10:38 AM	#6
scubajay1153 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 93 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Holy lots to reply to! Les, Interesting info on the state of your property and values/taxes. Like you mentioned it seems to me that the high tax rates on people with situations like yourself would almost be forcing people with small lake front homes/ cabins, etc. to seel off to people around them which in turn would make room for more McMansions along the sure as the rich gobble up the smaller plots and make them big ones. I found it amazing, the high amount of people who have homes up here that are only here enough time during a year to claim residency here to gain all of the "perks" but yet avoid alot of the negatives by not being FT residents. Much of Southdown SHores/Long Bay and GI seems to be vacant most of the year when we go the homes for fire alarm calls and such. Amazing that people have enough money to have $400,000 "summer place" in SDS and still maintain a home in MASS or COnn. Must be nice. :P As far as the Bill from Kennedy, sounds good to me, but my wife understands some of that stuff more then I. Weirs Guy, I will answer you honestly and say that I was in Concord running the dive shop the day the incident occured and I cannot say for certain where all of our people and assets where located thruought the city. But I can tell you that all three ambulances (two at Central, one in the Weirs), the Central Engine, the Weirs engine, the Dive Truck(Lakeport), and the Water Rescue truck (Central) all have rescue suits and accesory equipment and that the other units have PFDs, throw bags and rescue rope on them. Depending on the state of the gear (some maybe out for repair and such) sometimes even the Weirs Ladder has a suit. Also as I mention all of the fulltime LFD personnel are trained in the suits. It is a fair question to inquiry about having another ice rescue. If the water or ice rescue call comes in not only is the entire onduty staff sent with the closest unit and closest boat (one in the Weirs and one in Paugus Bay during non ice conditions) but also the water rescue truck with an inflatable boat, an ambulance and we automatically have Gilford respond with a rescue truck, ambulance and peoplepower as well as Belmont with an ambulance. This does not included the fact that we also call back all off duty personnel who can respond to the scene, to Lakeport for the Dive truck or to one of the stations to man back up units and ambulances. Obviously if anyone has questions about the LFD and such please fire a question to me, Chief Erickson or one of his Deputies. Some people may be amazed about not only how understaffed we are by National Standards (not the Fire Chiefs fault!) but how highly trained and diverse the department and it's members are.