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Newton County firefighter warns department ‘in crisis,’ urges board action
Summary
A Newton County firefighter told commissioners the county’s fire department is losing personnel, leaving apparatus undermanned and creating safety risks; the board heard the appeal during citizen comments but took no immediate action at the meeting.
A Newton County firefighter told the Board of Commissioners on June 17 that the county’s fire department is facing a staffing crisis and urged elected officials to act.
"We are losing people every day," said James Franklin, a 22-year department member and current fire safety educator. "We have fire trucks that we cannot man that are just sitting idle. We have other fire trucks…
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