Commissioner Requirements

[In the Know]

just like in franklin square and most other places, you first need to be in the republican party, plus be a county or town worker, or a garbage man that dosent know anything about the position. those are just some of the many requirements
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[NMSparkyFD]

You have to be a resident of your fire district for 30 days and 18 years old. Thats it. Any monkey can run for commissioner.

[curious]

Does anyone know the general requirements for running for Commissioner? Or would one know where I could find the requirements. Thanks!
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[just another vollie]

and apparently most monkeys do

[LI VOLLIE]

An Ex Chief that can't come to grips that his term is over usually runs.

[Caot]

just remember the monkeys that are in office are the monkeys you voted in if you think you could do a better job you should of ran just remember its like running for chief its not what you know its who you b@#w as we all know just look at your dept.

[Commish]

Just want you guys to know that I am a Commissioner in my second term of office. I am not a member of any political party or have a county or town job. My credentials are what got me to the Office. I have been in fire protection all of my life. I love the fire service and have 2 goals that have made me a successful Commissioner:
1) Give your FD members the best in equipment and houses always making safety the priority.

2) Always remember that a Commissioner is a tax payer too. Respect your Community.

I serve on a great Board where there are no egos. And it is not who you know but your credentials that count and will elect you to be a Commissioner.

Serving with Pride

[SuffolkEMT]

1- Have a pulse
2- Visit firefighters you have never spoken to before
3- Have money ready to buy rounds at the local firefighter hangout.
4- Actually go to Department meetings three months prior to election
5-Promise everyone everything
6- Forget all the above once you get elected
7- Repeat items 2 thru 5 four and a half years later.
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[Another Commish]

As mentioned by "Commissioner", I too attempt to subscribe to that mantra and do not hold any special jobs. This is a part of what makes for a good Commissioner.

What I fail to comprehend, SuffolkEMT, is why would you support an individual that follows what you call is the way into the Commissioners Office? Instead of criticizing, why not run, or support an individual that does not subscribe to your plan? I'm sure that in every Fire Department there are dedicated individuals that, with the right support, would run for the position of Commissioner. However, I do fault the membership (at times) for not fully assisting an individual who is running. If you believe in a candidate, get out the vote! Help as much as you can. Should you succeed, great. If not, you know that you've done what you can, and have to accept the fact that the other person won.

The last part is what many people on this web site seem to have a big problem with. Should your candidate lose, move on. No need to dwell on the past. Look to this December.

[SuffolkEMT]

Commissioner, i agree totally with you.
I do not support those types I mentioned, yet we all know they are out there and have their "group" to always vote them in anyway.
I tried to run once and was told "Its not your time" and the membership supported someone one else. face it, most of the time if the membership does not support you, you lost before it began.
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[Another Commish]

I see your point. Unfortunately, it seems as though if you do not have the support from your fellow FF's, the going can be tough. However, most individuals would not support someone who would take the steps that you've denoted to get into the Commissioner's spot. There is always someone that (with the right support base) if they are nudged into running can knock out the "I'm here today" person. Perhaps your role might be better suited to assist that type of individual.

Trust me. I know what you are talking about. Lately, an Ex-Chief of my Department has started showing up for calls. He ironically is also stopping in for coffee at HQ in the morning more often. It does not help matters that he ran 2 years ago and lost. His voter base that came out last time is still mostly intact. Now all he has to do is grow on it. However, there is a movement in my Department to find a more suitable candidate and support that individual.

Again, we can only blame ourselves for our own don't do enough to bring in the outside vote. Every person in a fire department should at least be able to bring in 5 votes. Himself/herself, father, mother, sister, brother, wife, husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, neighbors, etc. When you think about it 4 additional votes off of a dept member is not out of the question. It is the lack of interest of our own that does a candidate in. Until the rank and file come to grips with this situation, people like the one you've described will always win.

[BallBreaker]

As many have posted you really do not need much in the way of credentials to be a Commissioner. For the most part unless someone is running just to get even with someone else that pissed them off along the way, Commissioners run with the right intentions of doing what is best for the Department first, then the Community (which they really need to come up with a happy medium if they want to do the job right).

The problem I see is that most of the guys that run tend to get stale after awhile and lose site of the intentions they originally ran for.

The County Legislators have opted to go with term limits; I think maybe we are past due with the same option being taken by Fire Commissioners as well.

Two Terms -10 years and out!

[baseballbatboy]

I not sure where you people are from but in my Dept. we have approx. 160 members and 24000 residents in the district. Everyone seems to say that the guy who buys the drinks for the boys is the winner. One guy was told it wasn't your time yet, well if you put your time into getting your community to vote than you could have won. There are little tricks that can help you win:

1.Every community has those people that come out and vote for all elections just because it is there right, if you get a list of people who vote for things such as library budgets from your town you'll find about 300 people who voted and never stepped foot in your Fire House.

2. Do the leg work, walk the town and let people know what you feel would benefit them by you winning.

3. Get phone numbers from these people and an estimate how many voters come from their household and call them the day of the election to remind them to help you out and see how many people in there household may come out to support you.

I think all the people who run against these monkeys your talking about are usually the reason why they win because they don't try to win an election but instead try and count on support from the people on the inside only.

[eye in the sky]

My sympathies to the members of the Lakeview Fire Department. All these years of enduring Commissioner Fred (Sandy) Senti. The man should be behind bars. He is an embarrasment to all the hard-working fire commissioners who put forth the effort to due what is best for their respective districts.
I am sure most of you within Nassau County have met Mr. Senti. He hasn't said no to a freebie yet. I guess he needs to celebrate his ability to remain a fire commissioner all these years. Plus avoid any indictments. I hope that saw you stole from a fire scene still works. That must have been nerve-racking when you got caught red-handed. That was a colossal effort on your part to squash the ensuing investigation. I am certain the taxpayers of Lakeview appreciate your ability to secure the funding for new district vehicles for yourself. I am glad you found the time to replace some of the apparatus at the same time. Let us hope the Jewish community of the district finds more candidates to run against you in the future. Eventually one of them will be successful.

[citizen]

Seems that anything goes on this website as long as you stay out of the 11758 zip code.......
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[WFD445]

Term Limits. Ten Years is enough!
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[Agreed]

10 years is enough. If you can't do in 10 years what you set out to do, it probably isn't going to be done. And if it's so important, I'm sure someone else will have the same idea and take care of things after you are back in your FD uniform...

[8 years]

Limit them to 8 years just like the president!

[4 years]

4 years is long enough

[excheif ofd]

Ex-Chiefs are great commissioners, they can favor their own company, buy their comany lots of things and vote only their companys way, the same way they did when they were chief!

[x]

i agree 100 %
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[joke]

Me too

[Stimey]

4 years? 8 years? Do the math. There's 5 Commissioners.

[katied]

you need to be a concerned citizen and know your fire department needs and community needs

[katied]

i agree with baseballbatboy's list of commish.requirements. that is why chris dorn-rizzo will make inwood f.d.a great fire commish.she meets all requirments,plus cares about the community she lives in,a nurse who understands how to handle those in need,
family members of dept. for years,does her homework on all subjects and will a great job, if people don;t get scared to vote..come on inwood..don;t let threats of losing a job etc. control your AMERICAN right in the voters box OF voting for whom you think will do the right thing by the people of inwood. not take from them but give them..dec.14 go and vote for chris..

[truck co]

ist. off are you a woman, and second how familiar is this candidate with the fire service, not the family members, the fire service. this is one position that cannot be filled with inexperience, you must know the fire service very well in order to do this type of job.

[Commish]

Brentwood has some possibilities to run

[not running]

if it is for the county just be a friend of the exec

[katied]

since when did chris opponent know anything about fire department? man or woman has no bearing as the commishs only over see the public's monies and order what the dept.asks for or needs.how about ambulance calls..which one of them would you rather have handle that one?? a nurse or a bartender? maybe your scared,in that case we will forgive you..

[Spareme]

Depands on the bartenders training. The way nurses treat us in the ER, the bartender might not be a bad pick.

[er tech]

next time you get in an accident or get seriously sick then head for the neighborhood bar instead of the er;if you really believe what you wrote.don;t know about ths nurse that is running but anyone who can handle the er can handle anything in life.good luck to her...

[Spareme]

You missed the point.

[er tech]

your point was?

[Spareme]

If I get seriously sick I will take a doctor, thank you.

Now the point is, if a nurse cannot treat us right in the ER how will she treat us in the Commissioners office?

[Mikecp421]

bump

WILMA FLINTSTONE IS A HOTTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next time I see them I'm gonna kick Fred square in the rocks and steal his girl!

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[guest5]

:lol:

[htr]

:cry:

All you need are alot of friends in the fire department and more friends out in the public and the balls to run and its yours for life. Never have to give it up for till you retire.

Wanna bet, we went on a 5 year plan - 3 down 2 to go!

[ssman]

selden went on the same 5 year deal and have 1 left to have a all new board and so far a few didnt work out but all in all its alot better now

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:idea:

selden went on the same 5 year deal and have 1 left to have a all new board and so far a few didnt work out but all in all its alot better now

If you are going to replace your Board make sure you can trust who you put in, so far we have had 3 flip on us in Selden. We would have been better with the last board

[Fireman dan]

Stay away from power hungry Ex Chiefs who think hey know it all and the district can't run right without them.

They will spend most of the time busting fire officers and chief balls.

Like someone said before Term Limits are looking better and better

ok

[we need Change]

All you need are alot of friends in the fire department and more friends out in the public and the balls to run and its yours for life. Never have to give it up for till you retire.

This says it all folks ........This is why term limits is needed now !!!!!