Letter to the Editor re Growing Pains
14/03/08 04:00 Filed in: Letters to the
Editor
To the Orcas
Island Community,
Many of you are aware that our fire department is struggling through some very important growing pains. We have just lost an important and key member of our administrative staff, Buddy Wright. He was the training officer, web page master and one of four people who answer questions, phone calls and the do the day-to-day tasks to keep the “office door” open. However, we are still ready to respond the moment we are called to action. In fact, I believe in my heart, this painful and necessary time is pulling us closer together as a group of people who have never lost sight of why we are here. We are ready and willing, because we care deeply and with great passion. I feel very fortunate and proud to be part of this incredible “family” of dedicated people who, without hesitation or often even a moment’s warning, will throw down whatever they are doing and go help someone who could be a neighbor, a friend or a complete stranger. Finally and perhaps most importantly, we all make mistakes but what really matters is what we do about them. I ask you to bear with us while we work through this moment of pause and make it our opportunity to improve our performance, our image and our connection with both our members and our residents.
Sincerely Chief Harris
Many of you are aware that our fire department is struggling through some very important growing pains. We have just lost an important and key member of our administrative staff, Buddy Wright. He was the training officer, web page master and one of four people who answer questions, phone calls and the do the day-to-day tasks to keep the “office door” open. However, we are still ready to respond the moment we are called to action. In fact, I believe in my heart, this painful and necessary time is pulling us closer together as a group of people who have never lost sight of why we are here. We are ready and willing, because we care deeply and with great passion. I feel very fortunate and proud to be part of this incredible “family” of dedicated people who, without hesitation or often even a moment’s warning, will throw down whatever they are doing and go help someone who could be a neighbor, a friend or a complete stranger. Finally and perhaps most importantly, we all make mistakes but what really matters is what we do about them. I ask you to bear with us while we work through this moment of pause and make it our opportunity to improve our performance, our image and our connection with both our members and our residents.
Sincerely Chief Harris