In the fire service there is a saying that is often used: ‘Risk a lot to save a lot, risk a little to save a little, risk nothing for that which is already lost.’

It does not matter what type of fire department vehicle arrives at your home on Longboat Key; the personnel in the vehicles are firefighters that provide both firefighting and advanced life support services, depending on what the situation requires.

The Town Commission is now playing with dynamite with a policy change that could totally destroy what many of us labored over the years to make a true paradise.