WMOK spoke with the Massac County Fire Protection District for Coffee Break on April 5, 2024.
We discussed the following topics:
- Thanking voters
- Miscommunication in community
- Hoping to have an open forum
- Already having to make cuts
- Emergency calls
- Golden Hour
- Dispatcher info
- Monthly board meeting- 3rd Monday @ 6P
- Tax on bills
- 2 separate entities
- When burning make police and fire aware
- Fire alarm calls
- ISO Rating
- Communications
- Water
- Fire truck tests
- Training
- Call for brush fire
- Fundraising
- 2 road blocks a year
- Pictures
- Taking curtains
- How important the Fire Protection District is
- Hard job
- Annexation
- The difference with county – financial
- Voter turnout
- Firemen took a cut
- Donations
- Farmer’s Market
- Recruiting
- Different services
- Rescuing guy out of bathroom window
- Massac County Youth Fair
- OSHA
- Large fire district
- Community involvement
Hear WMOK’s Full Coffee Break with the Massac County Fire Protection District below:
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