The Joint Fire Protection District Ferry 3/Stevens 8 (JFPD 3/8) invites its neighbors and all volunteers to attend their October meeting when the budget for 2018 will be determined. Come and offer your input on where your tax dollars will be spent next year. This will also be a great opportunity to meet your commissioners and get to know them.
We have been very fortunate this year in that we have had very few fires in our district and those that have occurred have been small and quickly contained by our excellent group of firefighters. Training and safety have been our two highest priorities and where a lot of your tax money does go.
If you have ever considered volunteering, now might be the time. We are always looking for volunteers and you don’t necessarily have to fight fires. There are other tasks that you might want to tackle and you could be a great help to your department. And as a reminder, if we did have a major disaster here in our area, including an area-wide phone outage, go to your nearest fire station for assistance. We currently have five stations located from north to south at Sand Creek, Orient, Barstow, Barneys Junction, and Tipton Road with station #7 soon to be at North Port Flat Creek.
We encourage you to attend the meeting on Thursday, October 12th, at 6:30 p.m. to learn more about how your tax money is spent. Our district meetings are always held at our District Office and Training Center at Barstow, next to the Kettle River Grange. See you on the 12th!
