Fire Department Compensation for Attendance at Traffic Incidents

Whereas there is an increasing need for fire departments to attend traffic incidents; And whereas this is unfairly increasing the tax load on rural residents; And whereas continued downloading on volunteer fire departments is adding to the potential failure of these small departments as taxation costs are starting to overtake house insurance benefits: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM ask the Province to require ICBC to compensate fire departments for first responder attendance at traffic incidents at a per call out rate plus use of expendablesconsumables.