Bertie County Officials Map Plan For Emergency Response

by Jennipher Dickens - September 19th, 2007 - Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

Rickey Freeman has had a busy few weeks.

Freeman, the Emergency Management Coordinator for Bertie County, has been scrambling to find a solution to the state of rescue services in Bertie County.

Volunteer rescue squads are becoming a thing of the past. Part of that is the result of our law suit obsessed culture where training and credentials are required for anything, and that still does not protect the volunteer. Add to that the willingness of government to tax for any reason and paid government staff is the solution to any problem. For 49 years the Aulander Rescue Squad, volunteers, protected that town. Now it is being disbanded.

This all seems to be a part of a change in the culture of America. I wonder if we are going to be happy with the new culture when it is in place?