County plans 2 new fire stations
The county's building committee assigned Commission Chairman
"We went through the strategic planning process and these are two areas, as far as the safety concerns of the county, we wanted to focus on first," Fulbright said. "We want to bolster those areas and make sure we give them adequate fire coverage and give the people what they need."
The two stations would decrease the response time to any fires or emergency situations in the two areas, cutting down volunteer response distances.
Fulbright said the increasing number of homes in the
Due to growing population in the
A retired firefighter, Norman said the search process will take several weeks to make sure the new stations will overlap within a five mile radius with other neighboring stations to ensure the county's citizens continue to see a discount on their home insurance.
He said anywhere beyond that point the possibility of a timely response and and an ability to save property greatly diminishes.
"If your our beyond that point you are just to far away," Norman said.
The commission also discussed the possibly of students from
Last month, the
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