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Board backs multi-part fire and rescue study; chiefs press fleet and retention concerns
Summary
Frederick County supervisors agreed by consensus to seek an outside study addressing revenue/expense sharing, fleet maintenance, and recruitment/retention for the county’s hybrid volunteer/career fire and rescue system, with an estimated combined cost near $140,000–$150,000 and Supervisor Jewell appointed as liaison.
At its March 26 meeting the Frederick County Board of Supervisors reached consensus to pursue a multi-part outside review of the county’s fire and rescue system addressing revenue and expense sharing, fleet maintenance, and recruitment and retention.
Why it matters: supervisors and fire chiefs said the county’s hybrid volunteer/career emergency response system has aging apparatus, rising maintenance costs, and recruitment and retention challenges that could raise long-term costs or impair response capacity.
County staff presented three typical cost estimates based…
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