East Fork Fire Department
Website Help Files:

Question:     "Why do I have to Sign Up to use the Image Gallery?"

Answer:

The East Fork Fire Department Uses the "Coppermine Image Gallery"
PHP Based Image Management System for it's Photo Gallery.

This Software, Is a Powerful Hosting Program, Which allows Persons to
Rate, Comment, Share, and Upload Photos.
However, There Are groups of people on the internet
from Foreign Countries and the US whom Use these
Programs for Spamming Advertisements and Viruses on the internet.

Creating an Account Creates a "Safety System" For Our
Site and Yourself, This Allows our Website Administrator to
"Skim" through the accounts to verify that the Person is real, and that
they are not using it for ill purposes.

Creating an account also allows you to Rate, Comment, and Share Our Photos
with Friends and Family, And Allows you to Upload your own images and create
Your Own albums based on your and our photos.