I want there to be a wing of homeland security that helps fund and excise where funds should go to support volunteer first responders. We send billions and billions of dollars to other countries and to fund crazy projects. I feel we should have group working on how to help fund volunteer fire departments. Not by just grants but digging down in to see what actually needs done. The grant process in unfair and many small departments can not even afford grant writers. We neeed a a group on the ground to see how we can help and allow them to focus and serving their communities with the best equipment and training. Instead of struggling to raise money to just pay their operating expenses.
I hold two degrees. I am a volunteer firefighter and I would love the chance to serve on this also. This group of dedicated professional volunteers has been ignored to long by the government. Thank you.
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Scott J. Kochara. USN Ret.
814-341-2473