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La Vergne staff recommends dissolving local LEPC, joining Rutherford County panel
Summary
Fire department leadership recommended removing the city'level Local Emergency Planning Committee from the La Vergne municipal code and instead participating in the Rutherford County LEPC because of low local participation and limited local resources; the change was presented at first reading.
La Vergne fire department leadership asked the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Aug. 5 to remove the city'level Local Emergency Planning Committee from the municipal code and instead participate in the Rutherford County LEPC. Fire Chief Ronnie Beasley said the city has struggled to staff the committee and that regional resources would be necessary to run the drills and incident response work the LEPC entails.
Beasley told the board he had tried to recruit Tier II reporting companies to participate locally but that several companies…
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