The supervisors here don’t answer to anybody, … They come back and don’t answer to the taxpayers, and they don’t come back and answer to the city’s administration to explain what’s going on.

I think we are about as ready as we are going to be.

To date so far, the fire department has spent about $95,000 on overtime this year,

It’s always hard when you lose somebody with that many years of service, … With his experience, his knowledge and his contacts within the community he had a lot to offer the department and the...

When the money from the federal government comes through, the amount will drop,

We gave out film on our seniors to everybody. If you’re a Division I prospect, people already know about you. This was an extra tool to get some of our kids out there in front...

We hope to be accommodating in as many traditional uses as possible,

Anytime you can promote somebody it’s good, … It’s good for morale, it’s good for the person that is promoted and it allows us to move someone up the chain of command.

We have had several complaints from local residents about the condition of the building,

Once we sign up to be posted, the police will help with enforcement,

It’s a technical rescue that a lot of other departments do not want to do,

It gives us a chance to make some modifications to our fire station,

It gives us a general idea of what we’d be going up against,

Once this storm hit, communications fell apart,

You really want to make sure the people you are sending in are mentally and physically able to do it,

If you put two guys down in the hole, their lives depend on the 18 guys standing outside,

It is a way to protect our employees, as well as the plant employees and the county employees,

It’s a little bit that we can do to help the people that are less fortunate, … They will represent the City of Oneida and the Oneida Fire Department very well.

Disasters come at us when we least expect it, and we are supposed to be prepared,

It’s antiquated and it’s not right for the public,

This designates who would be the lead agency for each disaster,