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Bill: Local Fire Departments
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2199
Description[?]:
| Fire departments are an important part of the local community. That being said, they should be under local control. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:18:42, March 09, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Local Fire Departments |
| Message | Large national fire departments are more adept at fighting forest fires. |
| Date | 23:50:46, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the Local Fire Departments |
| Message | Yes but local fire departments are better suited to combat all other types of fires. What’s more common, house/industry fires or forest fires? Plus, local fire departments in forest fire areas would have equipment better suited to fight forest fires. |
| Date | 00:09:09, March 10, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Local Fire Departments |
| Message | Local fire departments simply would not have the necessary manpower at their disposal to fight forest fires without having to go through an excessive bureaucracy. |
| Date | 02:02:30, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the Local Fire Departments |
| Message | Who’s to say they wouldn’t? Fighting forest fires is a long drawn out task, however, its not really an "emergency." Local departments would have the same problem a national department would in moving personnel and equipment. Luckily, forest fires are usually contained to specific regions. They don’t just happen anywhere. The local governments in those regions could be given additional funding for the purpose of fighting forest fires. In fact, if a local department had the necessary equipment on hand to fight a forest fires, it would be far more efficient then going through a federal agency. A large agency would have more internal bureaucracy then a small local government |
| Date | 16:16:19, March 10, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Local Fire Departments |
| Message | I oppose because forest fires require a co-ordinated national effort, and we all know trees are more important than half the people who burn up in fires every year. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 27 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 73 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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