please support volunteer emts in nj

Please if you live in Nj ,please read this and clink the link
at the end of this letter.
I am trying to help my brother who is volunteer Emt here NJ.
So please email this to everyone you know.
There is big Rally on wed up in Morristown Nj.
I never get policily involved but our dad taught us to
fight for what we believe in and the governor is wrong for doing this.
So far we getting great respondes. we need everyone's support.


please email this address distribution@njemsea.org

I need you guys to help...this affects us all

You might have heard that Governor Corzine raided the training fund at the end of last week for $4,000,000, leaving almost no money in the fund come 7/1. If this isn't reversed, there will likely be no money for EMT programs some that time.

On April 23, 2009 New Jersey Governor Corzine announced he would use monies in the EMT Training Fund for a total of $4,000,000 to reallocate the funds to the general treasury in an attempt to relieve the budget crisis. This fund provides training monies for Volunteer EMT's and is a critical preparedness and retention tool for Volunteer EMS agencies. The EMT fund is not tax money. It's a public trust created by legislature. Every time there is a moving violation in New Jersey, $0.50 is collected and placed into this fund to train EMT's.

The EMT Fund does not have this type of surplus. This action would leave $400,000 in the EMT Training Fund as of 7/1/09. As-is with current expenditure, the EMT Fund spends $1,000,000 more than it takes in. This action would in effect discontinue the training for NJ Volunteer EMTs and force individuals (during a recession) to pay for their own training to donate their time to their communities. It's expected that many will not be able to afford it and will have to be replaced by paid providers (who cost municipalities much more than the training expenses the state is saving).

We're appealing to all legislators to urge the Governor (as well as the Governor himself) to reconsider this funds allocation. With all of the emphasis in the budget about minimizing property tax rates, combining services and reducing budgets, surely this small investment in people who work tirelessly for their communities for no salaries, benefits, or pensions is a prudent expense.

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