Dave;
The county per say CAN'T close down a Volunteer Fire Department as the FD's operate under a charter issued by the state, but under Code Home Rule, the County Board can set boundaries, set responses, and administer funding to the fire departments.
In this instance the County Emergency Services Board has set new boundaries for Rawlings and Potomac FD's effectively restricting McCoole to the area their temporary station occupies. The Board has also instructed dispatch to list the McCoole Engine/Rescue as out of service and unavailable to respond to calls in the county. They have also withheld the semi-annual county appropriation and state 508 money from McCoole.
There are many issues at McCoole that lead to the County's action, please see the link for the recent newspaper article..... http://times-news.com/local/x2094916839/...department
The County is working to establish fire service in the McCoole community, preferably a sub station of Rawlings or Potomac. The problem will be manpower.... the last 6 months / 62 incidents we were only averaging 2.5 members per call...
Tim W.
The county per say CAN'T close down a Volunteer Fire Department as the FD's operate under a charter issued by the state, but under Code Home Rule, the County Board can set boundaries, set responses, and administer funding to the fire departments.
In this instance the County Emergency Services Board has set new boundaries for Rawlings and Potomac FD's effectively restricting McCoole to the area their temporary station occupies. The Board has also instructed dispatch to list the McCoole Engine/Rescue as out of service and unavailable to respond to calls in the county. They have also withheld the semi-annual county appropriation and state 508 money from McCoole.
There are many issues at McCoole that lead to the County's action, please see the link for the recent newspaper article..... http://times-news.com/local/x2094916839/...department
The County is working to establish fire service in the McCoole community, preferably a sub station of Rawlings or Potomac. The problem will be manpower.... the last 6 months / 62 incidents we were only averaging 2.5 members per call...
Tim W.
Mechanical engineers build weapons, whereas civil engineers build targets.
When the man at the door said," Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms", I, naturally assumed it was a delivery!
When the man at the door said," Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms", I, naturally assumed it was a delivery!
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