The facts are very clear, public safety is the largest expense the City of Deltona has. Truth be told, the ad valorem tax the city collects doesn't cover public safety. Yet you would have us believe that the fire department is only 2% of the city budget.

Furthermore, the vast majority (86% +) of the calls the Fire Department responds to are medical even thou the County handles EVAC.

You would also have us believe that the garbage men make more than a Deltona Fire Fighter, once again being misleading. Just as you tried to imply that the FD pension doesn't have a built in guaranteed growth/profit while the rest of us poor saps deal with the fluctuating market sucking the money out of our 401K.

For the record, don't assume that I haven't already done ride alongs! Watching the FD crew get paid to study for the next pay-grade test or watch TV between calls isn"t very productive

The fire union is playing games and when all else fails, fall back on scare tactics.