Wake County, NC - I suppose that this is just another sad sign of the times. One that has been repeated over and over throughout the country in the last few decades: The demise of the volunteer fire department.
A city greedily annexes so much land that it eats up almost all of the county fire department's jurisdiction, and alas the County can't justify paying $x-amount per year for 3 square miles of land. "We (the County) can just pay the City fire department to cover it and save 2¢."
In Wake County, the Fire Commission (a board that serves the Wake County Board of Commissioners) is looking at closing some of those money-wasting, non-return on investment (N-ROI) fire stations.
Last year, on the recommendation of the Fire Commission, Western Wake FD Station-2 (formerly Yrac FD) closed. Now Western Wake FD Station-1 is on the chopping block, along with Bayleaf FD Station-3 (formerly Six Forks FD), Falls FD, and Wake-New Hope FD Station-1. Things don't look so good for the home team. If I was a betting man I'd say BFD Station-3 won't be with us much longer, followed not too far behind by WNHFD Station-1.
A city greedily annexes so much land that it eats up almost all of the county fire department's jurisdiction, and alas the County can't justify paying $x-amount per year for 3 square miles of land. "We (the County) can just pay the City fire department to cover it and save 2¢."
In Wake County, the Fire Commission (a board that serves the Wake County Board of Commissioners) is looking at closing some of those money-wasting, non-return on investment (N-ROI) fire stations.
Last year, on the recommendation of the Fire Commission, Western Wake FD Station-2 (formerly Yrac FD) closed. Now Western Wake FD Station-1 is on the chopping block, along with Bayleaf FD Station-3 (formerly Six Forks FD), Falls FD, and Wake-New Hope FD Station-1. Things don't look so good for the home team. If I was a betting man I'd say BFD Station-3 won't be with us much longer, followed not too far behind by WNHFD Station-1.
Read the full story at Wake.MyNC.com.
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