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Cheaper protectionSaltspring Island Fire Protection district has won recognition by the Canadian Underwriters Association, states volumeissue number four of Driftwood, the Saltspring Island weekly mimeographed newspaper. The new dwelling insurance rates, file item reads, place the fire protection district in a group four ratbag, whereas the district was formerly in group seven.So far this item may not mean very much to the average reader but the fact that organization of a fire protection district resulted in a 40 percent cut in fire insurance rates on homes a£iould have a definite message to people living outside Gibsons municipality.At present the district served by the fire department is on at voluntary basis as regards its financing. This means one person will give something towards maintenance of a district fire department while a next door neighbor may be neglecting his daty and giving nothing. This is a haphazard sort of organization and fire underwriters; recognize it as such knowing it migfht fold up at any time.As a result fire insurance rates are kept at a safe minimum for protection of insurance companies. When a fire protection district is formed, all who live in the unorganized area and pay taxes would be assessed a sum for maintenance of a fire department,Henry McGill, chairman of the Saltspring Fire Protection district when interviewed for the weekly newspaper Driftwood, said. the lowering of the insurance rate more than offset the increased taxation necessary in forming the fire district.No matter how one views the situation in the area adjacentt 0 • • •f# Gibsons one point sticks out and that is before long there will Sve to be some guaranteed organized fire service for the area beyond the boundaries of Gibsons municipality which has its own guaranteed fire department.Interest in fire prevention is growing along the Sunshine Coast wito the recent organization of a fire department at Pender Harbour and spade work now underway for one at Halfmoon Bay.Gibsons area Volunteer firemen are now in the throes of obtaining annual funds for maintenance of the “outside” fire service. Why should some pay while others get benefit without paying? Taxation would be the fairer way. Formation of a district is the first requirement. Now is the time for all to come to the sid of Jlr.,e firemen and the homes they are trying- to protect.
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Gibsons Coast News
Gibsons, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Apr 28, 1960
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