If you receive one of those things in the mail from the Templeton firefighter's association asking for money to obtain training and to purchase equipment for which tax dollars are not available, think about this before sending or giving any more of your dollars.

I am not sure of what equipment or training is not available to Templeton town fire department or ambulance service, but there is/was plenty of money to do what is described in pamphlet. Fire department end of year financial, which you can read on town website shows a total of $108,400.00 left over from fire dept. budget. Breakdown is Personnel - $77,859.00, supplies- $4,000.00, other - $10,000.00, employee support - $12,365.00. Ambulance receipts shows ending balance of $682,619.00. Also, new ambulance computers show $10,000.00 appropriated with $8,500.00 spent. Also, fire dept. face book page shows new utility truck in a parade in Keene, New Hampshire which was bought from a $75,000.00grant from state. I do not see how the fire dept. is lacking in funding for training or other equipment. Residents have already provided enough money. Enough with using town, taxpayer funded buildings, equipment and town employees being paid to do a job collecting for a private charity.