[quote name='BrobMa' post='67446' date='Jan 14 2007, 14:16 ']I can remember dispatching in the early 70's from a selection of six pumps and three ladders that were running from six stations. Response times were shorter and timely knockdowns were the norm, rather than the exception. Oh - for the good old days.[/quote]
Did they lose the men and stations through attrition? Or did it all happen at once? I'm amazed that two engines and a quint protect a city of that size. There's a fair amount of wealth and power in Beverly especially in parts of North Beverly and Centerville and, of course, Beverly Farms, with a soild downtown with occupied businesses and housing. Have the people near the closed stations complained, or were they pushing for the cuts and lower taxes? I lived in Beverly for 12 years, and somehow, since I moved away, the FD has been decimated. There has to be a good solid tax base there, so why and how did the FD get hit so hard?
Did they lose the men and stations through attrition? Or did it all happen at once? I'm amazed that two engines and a quint protect a city of that size. There's a fair amount of wealth and power in Beverly especially in parts of North Beverly and Centerville and, of course, Beverly Farms, with a soild downtown with occupied businesses and housing. Have the people near the closed stations complained, or were they pushing for the cuts and lower taxes? I lived in Beverly for 12 years, and somehow, since I moved away, the FD has been decimated. There has to be a good solid tax base there, so why and how did the FD get hit so hard?
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