Re: National Weather Service purchasing .40 AMMO
Up until a decade ago most Veteran's Administration facilities had their own fire departments. Slowly they have gone to outside contracting, but many still maintain trucks on call for first reponse till the local fire departments respond. My father was the fire chief at our local VA for 19 years, had to conduct the negotitians to put him and 14 other firefighters out of a job. The sad thing is the annual contract did not save any money, it doubled the budget. Everytime they respond to an alarm actual or false it is a 5 grand bill to send one reponse vehicle, even though the on station inspector is confirming a actual reponse or false alarm they still the get the 5 grand. Seen alot of waste in my father's years in the government, and my 17 years till retirement.