The 8 months we have lived here have been great, but tonight at a special meeting of the county board of supervisors, I found out how 6 individuals could put the the health and well being of the town of Kenbridge and the Eastern half of the county in jeopardy. In the near future, Kenbridge EMS will merge with Victoria Fire and Rescue. I don’t think there will be an immediate issues, but since it is abundantly clear that these individuals don’t play well with others, I also understand that they don’t play well with each other. How long before thin skinned snowflakes start causing conflict inside their new organization?
Over the years the people of Kenbridge have selflessly donated 100’s of thousands of dollars to create this organization, purchase the equipment, and build the building. This move has betrayed the trust of the people of Kenbridge, and many of the people of Lunenburg County. This betrayal could have impact on every other local charity in that it will make contributors think long and hard before making any other donations…
My family has the understanding that if anything happens to any of us, we won’t call 911 and waste time waiting on them to arrive, we’ll handle our own EMS transportation
Considering that Victoria and Kenbridge EMS has been working together for the past couple years, I see no issue with this. Kenbridge Fire Department has not supported Kenbridge EMS in any emergency calls other than fires and vehicle accidents, even when Kenbridge EMS asked them for their help. And, when Kenbridge EMS is not able to make it to a call because they have already responded to another, guess who is there? Victoria Fire and Rescue! Every time. So no the community will NOT suffer! They will receive the best EMS service this COUNTY can receive.
What a outrageous misquote of the truth. Kenbridge Fire Department has been there to support the KES for many years any only until recently when they put some morons at the helm of KES did the KFD back off. No one was interested in supporting all the drama that was created by several members of the squad. Further more when the KFD members responded to help KES they were treated like a bunch of dogs. When KES was paged out on a call the fire department did not know anything about it as they were paged out on a different tone. There was no problem with the squad as long as you had dedicated members who were there for the right reasons such as Epp Epperson, Jack Roberts, H. B. Gee, J. D. Brooks and many many more. And then the six so called squad members take all the assets and outright give them to another town is beyond any reasoning. Of course all of this was led by an administrator (not county administrator)who wanted his empire to be larger with more paid staff. Crying shame that when the squad was being operated by the six or so members their records could not even be audited by a CPA because they didn’t have enough records to even be audited. All of this shows what kind of organization they were running which was mainly for their own good and not that of the citizens. Wake up squad- you goofed up big time and you don’t even want to admit it but you want to hide behind another squad in lieu of doing the right thing for the Kenbridge and Dundas citizens who have financially supported the squad for years. It is nothing wrong with the KES. It is some of the people who have ruined it for every one else. I hope they feel real proud because they are disgusting to this community.
Sad day indeed!