Candidate questionnaire: John F Preston

__Name:__ John F Preston

__Age:__ 62

__Place of Birth:__ Phila, PA

__Spouse, children's names:__

Wife is Jana K Dumey

4 Children, John JR Preston, Joshua Preston,

Shannon Preston Haupt, and Sarah Preston

__Occupation:__ Farmer

__Employer:__ Self Employed

__Business owned, all or part:__

Jan and I owned Dup'Pre Renovations, a home remodeling company in St. Charles MO before we moved to BOCO in 2006.

__Previous offices held or sought:__

Was a volunteer firefighter and held position of Vice President of the Fire Board and President of the Fire Board for the Tyrone Volunteer Fire Department in Tyrone MO.

__What goals should the fire district set for itself?:__ Improving it's ISO rating.

__Why do you want to serve on the fire district board?:__

I am a service oriented person. I believe I can work with the 5 other board members to plan a future for the NBCFD and increase it's worth to the community. Be it by an ISO rating change that could change the community's insurance rates. The people of the community have a say in our fire distict ,I'm hear to listen.

__What are the district's strengths and weaknesses?:__

Very good leadership! Need more volunteer's that are a little younger to carry on for the future because we know from experience it's tough on us old folks to be out there fighting brush fires for 2 or 3 hours at a time.

__What does the district need more than anything else?:__ Volunteer's Volunteer's Volunteer's