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Fire chief urges planning for emergency access on new trails; county to explore requiring all-terrain vehicles from developers
Summary
The Henry County fire chief told commissioners that growing trail connectivity is creating emergency-response challenges and urged the county to require or secure all-terrain vehicles for access; the county manager said staff will explore making ATVs or side-by-sides a developer-provided condition, possibly offset by impact-fee credits.
Henry County's fire chief told the Board of Commissioners that expanding trails and trail connectivity increase challenges for emergency response and urged the county to require or secure all-terrain vehicles for rescue access in new subdivisions and trail networks.
At a public hearing on development matters, the fire chief said emergency responders increasingly encounter injured or lost people on trails where fire trucks and ambulances cannot reach them. "We…
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