Douglas County has 26 fire districts. Most of them are fully staffed by volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians and board members. I have watched with dismay as several of our local fire districts have had problems with some of their patrons. I am sure that most of the fire districts have some of the same issues and problems that Glide Rural Fire Protection District has. Over the last 19 years as fire chief, attending hundreds of board meetings, very rarely did I see a concerned citizen show up. Most of the time we needed to look for patrons to run …




