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July 19, 2005
Support your local volunteer firefighters
Since I started writing for
The Portland Progressive I've become acquainted with a wonderful group of people who give of their time and their money to help make the rural Portland area safer. As someone who lives south of the city limits, I sleep much better at night knowing that the Highland Volunteer Fire Department will respond to my home or an accident on the roads. They don't get paid to do this and most of them have other jobs. I've seen them in action at wrecks, and fires, and drownings and I'm in awe of what they do. The Portland Volunteers, the Mitchellville Volunteers and the Oak Grove Volunteers also do a wonderful job and they should be supported also.
The Highland Volunteers are currently in the middle of a fundraising drive where they are asking people in their district to donate $50. By helping them, you not only enable them to help you in an emergency but if they get enough donations they may be able to make some additions and improvements that might be able to lower their Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating from a 9 to a lower number. This will help bring your insurance premiums down. Since I'm in their district, I handed over a check yesterday.
Check out their website at :
http://geocities.com/highlandvfd.
Their address is:
Highland Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 7953
Portland, TN 37148
Posted by B. Ruckle at July 19, 2005 11:42 PM
This is a very dedicated group of firefighters. They do this dangerous job with no monetary gain for themselves. They are called out during in middle of storms, during holiday meals with their families, anytime day or night they respond to your emergency. (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year). All they ask for is the support and funds to purchase and maintain their equipment and the funds to have their people highly trained in order to protect their community properly. If these departments fold due to lack of funds, who will respond to a house fire, a wreck where people have to be extracted or help save a life during an emergency medical call? Please help support the Highland VFD. “Help them to help you”!
Posted by: JB at June 13, 2006 12:57 PM
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