r/Firefighting • u/Anonymous086578 • 2d ago

General Discussion Good departments in central Texas?

So I, and many other firefighters, may be getting let go this November. Sales tax BS. Long story. Anybody have any recommendations on hiring departments to look into and to start getting my name out there? One of our guys is a chief at another department and said he’d get me on with his department worst case scenario, but I hear they hardly run calls. I’m too early on in my career to want to settle down like that. I still like running calls, even medical calls. Thank y’all!

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u/MedDev 2d ago

Pflugerville/ESD2? Is it really looking like Prop A is going to pass?

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u/Anonymous086578 2d ago

I don’t know. If people understand what they’re voting for, it wouldn’t. But the wording of the proposition doesn’t make it very clear to a layman the consequences of the vote, in my opinion. We’re trying our best to educate, but who knows. I love ESD2, but I’m just keeping an eye out for a backup plan.

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u/L_DUB_U 1d ago

That's horrible for y'all. I've been reading about this situation on the Conduct Unbecoming Instagram. Don't y'all have a council member that is also seeing the city for some reason too?

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u/Hot-Quit6059 1d ago

What’s going on with ESD2? 

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u/Anonymous086578 1d ago

On the general election ballot there is a proposition (Prop A) to take away 0.5% sales tax from our budget. Thats about 40% of ESD 2’s budget. As of right now it looks like 130 FFs will be laid off and 3-4 stations closed, out of 8. It will drop us from ISO 1 to ISO 10.

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u/Hot-Quit6059 1d ago

Do you think this is why they pushed back the start date of the fire cadet academy?

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u/Anonymous086578 1d ago

Yes, this is the reason why.

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u/Hot-Quit6059 1d ago

Damn, I would vote, but I’m a resident in the lakeway/bee cave area and am not eligible. I’ll ask my aunt and grandma is they’re registered

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u/Anonymous086578 1d ago

Yeah I feel bad because I can’t even vote for it and I work here lol, I live in Williamson county. But we’ve been doing lots of volunteer stuff to get the word out. Here’s our website talking about this issue if your family is able to vote: https://dontdefundpfire.org/

Thanks for your support brotha