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Vending machines in Fire Stations

I am looking for information on vending machines in stations for a research project.

1. What type of department are you reporting from; career only, volunteer only, or combination?

2. Who owns / operates the vending consessions in the station?

3. What type of vending items do you have; food, beverage, or both?

4. Do you mandate any nutritional requirement for the snacks? If so, how was the requirement implemented, through an SOP or within a service contract?

5. If you have transitioned to a more healthy selection of snacks did you run into any problems / issues? If so how were they addressed?

Thank you,

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Mike France on March 28, 2011 at 2:04pm

Volunteer Dept., Soda machine , Owned by the Company

Snacks are allowed and provided by the Department , once a week after Drill , No to question #4 , Meals cooked by station crew are cooked and planned by the crew.

Dinner provided once a month by Kitchen crew , planned once a month in advance .

Bottled Water / gatorade provided by the Dept. as well as Coffee

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Permalink Reply by Bill Carlisle on March 29, 2011 at 9:28am

Volunteer dept, Soda Machine owned by us, meals usually take out (pizza & wings) on certain training nights, water,coffee, hot coca provided by department , The return deposit on the soda and bottle water pays for replacement soda and water

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Stoudt on March 31, 2011 at 1:46am

Volunteer dept, dept owned snacks, candy and soda, no mandates on nutrition

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