Mapleton council is backing a call for provincial funding for fire department infrastructure.
On March 14, council voted to support resolutions from the Municipality of Port Hope, Township of Muskoka Lakes and McKellar Township calling on the province to recognize the municipal fire service as critical infrastructure by including funding for fire department infrastructure as part of its Infrastructure Strategy to Move Ontario Forward.
No funding opportunities
The resolution from Muskoka Lakes points out there are currently no funding opportunities available from the provincial or the federal governments for equipment, training, maintenance, operating, or capital requirements of local fire departments.
The resolution also notes “there is a continued pressure for emergency responses and increasing natural and man-made disasters in which the municipality must take a lead role.”
