[First_Salute]

On Septembe 11, 2001, I wrote in this forum that we needed not only the "A Teams" which have the public's attention, but reserve "B" and "C" teams for domestic emergencies. We needed by the first weeked after the attack, a mustering of people at every county fairground of this nation, for the purpose of selecting any of these community services in the event of another emergency:

Fire and Rescue

Medical / Corpsman

Police

Road and Bridge Repair.

When a city is attacked, its workers are going to rush in, though some, now, are scheduled to remain at their posts. Still, we have thousands of communities which do not have backup, nor backup in strength.

Every city of several 10,000 or more in this country, should have the steel and wood structures available to build at least one major bridge and in a matter of two or three days. No city has done this.

Communities need backup fire equipment and rescue equipment, stored in reserve.

Outlying buildings should have medical supplies and food stored, clothing and shelter --- actually now, many do have this.

But overall, we are short of people who have volunteered to be trained on the weekends, for the services required.

Every major city in this country should have a complete reserve fire fighting and rescue team.

Every city should have a complete heavy equipment reserve team.

And all these reserve teams must train and practice for at least one whole weekend per month.

It's not happening.

[bonesmccoy]

Dear First_Salute,

I absolutely and totally agree.

The lack of county/municipal priority for this issue is dangerous. We are dealing with a foreign threat which can muster enough capability to eliminate medium and small towns in America.

WTC was roughly the population of a small town.