"Whenever members of the fire service or any discipline get together, they begin to discuss the challenges that affect them and their operations.  Let's face it, fire district officers have a variety of challenges to choose from; especially financial, human resource, day to day operations, government oversight, training, standards and we could go on.

When the group comes together there is never a lack of subjects to talk about and when "group think" gets engaged we can not only commiserate but we might just find a solution to the challenge that we are facing.

Associations groups are individuals who typically share a similar interest, in our case governing a fire service organization, which gather either formally or informally to discuss ideas, solve problems, to make comments and most importantly share information; as long as there is communication everything can be solved.

If fire district officers gather together on a regular basis to share information it would be a huge step."

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