What are you doing to find funds for your team?
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It's a crap shoot. Many teams are now losing funds because the municipalities don't have the money and are, for the most part, ill educated about the need for teams close enough to react effectively to an emergency.
In the U.S. there is funding available through FEMA and other sources. Volunteer groups can start fund drives, sell shirts, etc. Do whatever you can to dig up funds.
Its an unfortunate state of affairs for everyone right now.
In the U.S. there is funding available through FEMA and other sources. Volunteer groups can start fund drives, sell shirts, etc. Do whatever you can to dig up funds.
Its an unfortunate state of affairs for everyone right now.
We hide the treasures when we find it, then come back and retrieve it...
But on a serious note we were looking to charge insurance companies to retrieve vehicles in our lakes,ponds, canals and gulf..That quickly died as there was/is no vehicle to accept monies..Any money received would have to go back to the general fund, not our dive team. Then there was the issue of how to put the money in the general fund..Our agency has been very generous to us and SWAT..Aside from our operating budget we do a wish list for the next year, and more often then not we get what we ask for...
Insurance companies fund their own fraud investigations. They tend to sub out any such jobs to commercial entities. The PSD for a police dept or fire dept. would get involved if criminal activity was suspected right off the bat or if the insurance company refers a case to the DA, which they seldom do. I was a fraud investigator for almost 20 years. Its sickening to see how many people walk beacause the insurance industry does not want to get drawn into a prolonged fight.
Direct billing of the insurance company would be tough unless they formally ask for a team's assistance. Plus, they are taking 90-180 days to pay....if the adjuster remembers.
Direct billing of the insurance company would be tough unless they formally ask for a team's assistance. Plus, they are taking 90-180 days to pay....if the adjuster remembers.
It just wasn't viable for us...The main issue was not charging, but what do with it when we receive it...There is no mechanism put in place by the Legislature to do it..and then what do ya do if they dont pay...Its just a can of worms and I don't get to keep it..!! We have budget and we have a wishlist..!! Fortunately we cover ports that are critical infrastructure so we also get our fair share of grants from Homeland...Which is something ya'll should look into...
Do what we did- set up a non-profit corporation so that we can accept donations and do fund raisers without the money going to the general fund.
Good idea TC. No flack from the brass or municipality?
Many years ago when we did it they were OK with it- haven't asked recently.
They did want to approve our articles of incorporation- had county counsel look it over to make sure it was OK.
Probably the biggest thing was to make sure that no individual can be paid/take assets out of the corporation.
They did want to approve our articles of incorporation- had county counsel look it over to make sure it was OK.
Probably the biggest thing was to make sure that no individual can be paid/take assets out of the corporation.
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