As far as the volunteers are concerned, yes, it is a challenge to maintain them. That's just part of volunteerism. Today, generation X and generation Y personnel are not as easily swayed to volunteer. So yes, there are those challenges. But the return that you get from helping your fellow man who is in distress.... This country has wonderful areas that few people get to see, but things do go wrong. The volunteer is a big component of this. In my mind, we can do a lot, and we are doing a lot. I feel that the volunteer has a very important part, but of course I'm prejudiced. It's how we're going to operate in the future. I think the amount of manpower we can bring to bear will offset what has to be fixed, has to be manned. It's going to be a fact of life.
On June 15th, 2009. See this statement in context.