y a a i i a ol want good organization. We can, . “ea SR a SR a nN HEAVILY DAMAGED FRAME of waterbed ‘surveyed by North Van City firefighter, who helped contain blaze Sunday afternoon. See story p.1. [Dave Jenneson. Photo}. West Vancouver’ Ss Mayor Peter Jo jones, in a statement to the North Shore News, has come out strongly in defence of the municipality’s volunteer firefighter system—following a story in last Friday’s Citizen in which members of the fire-fighters’ union attacked volunteers. as being Sa. cheap compromise” and ‘‘scabs.”? | “The remarks in : last _Friday’s CITIZEN, allegedly -made by Captain Weeks and Fireman Camptell, constit- ute an insult to the many past -and present Volunteer. Fire-. “men who have served West. Vancouver,”’ live: breed, and : “at is “my- , understanding 7 _that the newspaper. remarks “were not’an authorized union _ Statement and that they are regretted by many of. ‘the: members of our excellent ‘firefighting union. ‘Like all of us, firefighters to see an effective, however, only get improve- ments by dealing with the real world. ‘TAXES DOUBLED “The real world is that, in 1963, the average Canadian gave 25 cents of of. each dollar he earned to govern- ments as taxes. Today he gives 50 cents. He has only 50 cents cleft to spend compared with the 75 cents he had in 1963. No one, including firefighters, wants to have taxes increased toa “point where 75 cents goes to taxes and only 25, cents is left : for us to ‘Spend. | “Yet this i is just what these: é Officials’ are -- said . “Mayor © Jones. ‘‘Volunteers are. very “much a volunteers in all fields are -needed— by the community | and will be. needed for many years: to. come. : ‘reported -as -asking—that taxes. now rais- _ed for firefighting purposes — _be increased by about 50 per | cent to put another 27 men — on our government payroll.” ““We might even ‘be able to do this if fire protection was the: - only - ‘specialty having “ justification for spending more money,. but. arguments for. two-man ‘police cars, lower | ,pupil/teacher ratios, — increasing lévels and staffing for health services are some of many other examples, examples of specialists who are saying ‘we can do a better job if you let us take a bigger ‘““We are going. ‘to be looking at the specialist to. suggest how better services can be provided with present financial support. This is the real world. | ' has, on its own initiative, set up goals for 1977, goals that will improve police protec- tion and minimize expenses. These" goals include contin- are ‘conditions. . volunteer firemen. We have in. West Van- -many : couver who have indicated bite. out of the: taxpayer.’ _ “Already. our police force ‘uing use of volunteers, that is auxiliary police, to i improve _ service. CAPABLE VOLUNTEERS “I look to the fire department as a department, including both employees and. management, to take an initiative in coming up with more effective © “One obvious » way is. to ‘continue to use the willing, capable volunteer _ citizen. Our Advisory Fire Panel has - dealt with - two well-known problems: . i. that the volunteer must be.better trained. so that the ~ regular. firemen’ he supports can rely on him. 2. the volunteer n must be. available when: needed... “The new drive. for volun- teers clearly states that these men. they are willing and anxious _to put in the time, the effort, and to achieve the skills and to be trainéd- to meet. these requirements, and ' further- more to. commit themselves to be available at stated times. We- have started a ‘low-key recruiting campaign and we have obtained new volunteers. ‘‘I_ am confident,’ conclu- ded Mayor Jones, ‘‘that as we move into a more active volunteering recruitment rogram we will obtain the required number of. volun- teers. If the volunteer prog- ram fails because of destruc- tive comments such as were made in the press last week, everybody should realize that: there will not be any more regular firemen hired, there will just be a lower degree of protection and a greater hazard to citizens and to firefighters alike. Elevator battle ‘too little too late’ _ But “full compensation cue" - “Too little, too late’’ is” how Capilano MP _ Ron Huntington. describes the opposition of the Ridgeway Ratepayers ‘Association’ to the expansion of — grain elevators in their area. in a letler to constituents Huntington said there is no reason why the elevators cannot be run with good environmental standards, and pointed to — similar operations in Seattle as an example. Noise levels produced by the clevator operations could be reduced, suggest Hunt- ‘ington, by covers over the rail tracks and the walls of the silos. Noise, dust, and RON HUNTINGTON rodents could be controlled with proper by-laws. 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