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Purchasing new equipment simply isn't in your average fire department's budget. Cutting this budget amount means few fire departments will be able to obtain new equipment.

The percentage is reduced each year, until after five years the fire department is able to continue on with paid staffing with it's own funding. At a time when volunteer fire departments across the nation are struggling to obtain new volunteers, this cut really hurts. It means fire departments will have to look to the public for even more support.