Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Bacon saved, debt owed

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    A big crowd of firefighters, national guardsmen and residents cheered loudly on Sunday when it was announced that local donations to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation had neared $30,000.
    The announcement came as Sun Valley Resort hosted firefighters and emergency personnel at a delicious barbecue buffet at River Run Lodge. The donations came from the audience at a free-admission ice show put on by the resort, other individuals and Cox Communications.
    A foundation spokesman said that the local support for firefighters is exceptional in her 30-year experience.
    “What they usually get is a hand-written cardboard sign tacked on a pole that says, “Thank you firefighters for saving our home.”
    The signs are much appreciated, she said, but firefighters and their families need more when one is killed or severely injured by fire or hazards such as falling trees and boulders. That’s when WFF steps in.
    The Wood River Valley was lucky, but firefighters secured its luck. Fighting fires is their job and they’re really good at it. That makes it no less incumbent upon us who were saved to help them in their times of need.
    Firefighters saved our bacon—twice. If the fire had invaded Bald Mountain, it could have destroyed the chairlifts and the local economy along with them. Businesses and homes would have been shuttered for who knows how long.
    Our communities are special places full of generous people. Even though many are strapped after losing peak weeks of work and business, all of us need to continue—even over many years—to dig deep and to donate what we can—to help backstop those who saved us.

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