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September 2006
Dear Neighbor:
Once again the Greenfield Fire and Rescue Department is coming to a crossroads. Again our membership is dwindling. These are busy times for us all, many of us have second part-time jobs, in most families both parents work. Nationwide volunteerism is on the decline, Greenfield is no exception. Please understand that we are not yet in crisis, we have sufficient personnel to meet our obligations, we are covering our calls… for now. About six years ago a letter like this went out and nine of you answered our call and joined the Department. Of the nine, only two remain active… two moved away, seven left due to growing families and increased work, or obligations. We thank all nine for whatever time and commitment they were able to give. For those of us that remain, there is a little extra work, a few more
calls.
We are your neighbors, we have jobs, we have families just like you. We are the men and women of the Greenfield Fire and Rescue Department, we are volunteers and we need your help! Please hear us! Come and join! Join us and you will become a part of our proud 100 year tradition of neighbor helping neighbor, a shining example of all that is good and right about our small town. We need your time, your commitment and your sweat. In return we will provide the equipment and the training… and the opportunity to be a part of our tradition. Share our pride, the excitement and the satisfaction of helping others in their time of need.
We are no longer just about fighting fires. Happily, fires are on the decline. Rescue calls are not. About 80% of our calls are EMS, a mixture of trauma and medical. We need firefighters and we need people for EMS. Some of us on the Department are firefighters, some are in EMS, some do both. Not everybody wants to run into a burning building, not everybody can stand the sight of blood. We understand this. We welcome any and all that would like to try to help with any part of this job. We need people at night and we need people for days. If you are home days, and have children and only can respond when they are in school… we need your help!
In addition to specific courses, we have ongoing monthly trainings in fire and rescue. It’s all here and waiting for you!
Please call the fire dept. for further information on how to join at 547-3501 (please leave a message). As always we thank everyone for their ongoing support.
Thank you all for your time, we look forward to hearing as many of you as possible.
Sincerely,
Loren White, Molly Anfuso
Fire Chief Deputy Chief of Rescue
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