i am ambiguous regarding private citizen rescues

[Lee-Lee]

67. Have you ever been involved in the budget process for things like

I have.

No matter what, the pot of money isn't unlimited.

And with that money you have to prioritize to things that will have the most impact overall. You can't plan just for one crazy event that may or may not happen.

Let's take just the city of Houston as an example.

Let's say they had the money to buy 25 water rescue boats, train 50 crews, and maintain those boats and the crews training for 5 years.

Now let's say that same money could open 2 new EMS bases and put 6 ambulances on the street for 5 years.

You know the ambulances will save lives. The boats may sit there and never get used.

What do you do?