{"content":[{"text":"after that the training commitment depends on your job tasks. If funding is available, we pay \n members small stipends for attendance at trainings, and will pay mileage to attend trainings out \n of town. We need people willing to get up at midnight and respond when lightning strikes your \n neighbor’s house, or someone crashes on Route 9. When you need help, making connections \n with others in an emergency response organization means that others will help you when you \n need them. Being a member means that the fire department’s liability and worker’s comp \n insurance will cover you when you give your time to help others, and our call out system allows \n for unified communications. I’d also be happy to take names and contact information for \n people who want to help but are not willing to be a member.","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.094318,"width":0.763235,"height":0.163132}},{"text":"If the department can’t come up with enough members, our response will slowly \n dwindle until we have to become a “Rescue Squad” without the ability to fight fires, or close \n completely and give away or sell our equipment.","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.279293,"width":0.7329910000000001,"height":0.052147}},{"text":"What happens when the fire department closes? One, communities lose a valuable \n emergency response resource and potential source of social interaction and community \n outreach. One reason we exist is because the nearest help from larger neighboring \n communities is sometimes an hour or more away, IF they can respond. Two, the cost of \n homeowner’s and business insurance will go up for residences and businesses located within 5 \n miles of the fire station. How much depends on the insurance company, and if you are \n concerned, you should ask your agent for an estimate. The town of Osborn has already been \n notified that their insurance rates may go up because of inadequate personnel responding to \n fires. Three, the organizational knowledge and physical equipment and building now being \n used by the fire department will be lost and will probably never be recovered if our towns \n remain as small as they are, because the funding and knowledgeable people needed to \n reconstruct them in the future will be gone.","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.353283,"width":0.752742,"height":0.218561}},{"text":"The AVFD is a rare breed in the area, a “regional” fire department before the days of \n regionalization. I’d like to see it continue, but I desperately need help to keep it going. \n Call me at 207-944-1131 or email me at dpalman1@rivah.net if you would like to join the \n conversation about emergency response in the Airline Communities.","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.593687,"width":0.7304740000000001,"height":0.07070700000000008}},{"text":"Sincerely,","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.704672,"width":0.076539,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"Deborah Palman \n Chief, Aurora Volunteer Fire Department","bbox":{"left":0.11781,"top":0.822475,"width":0.325137,"height":0.033712000000000075}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}