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Fire chiefs press commissioners on reported 911 regionalization; county says only a study is authorized
Summary
Fire chiefs raised alarms that Schuylkill County minutes suggest implementation of a 911 consolidation; Northumberland County commissioners said they have only authorized a feasibility study and plan to seek grants to move the local 911 center to a modified building at the county prison.
Doug Funk, chief of the Woireann Area Fire Department, urged the Northumberland County Board of Commissioners on June 3 to explain a Schuylkill County meeting minute that he said described an agreement to share 911 operations between the two counties.
Funk told commissioners that local fire chiefs had been told in April that only a study of regionalization was planned and that no implementation had occurred. He said minutes of a Schuylkill County meeting indicated otherwise and asked, “When did those discussions occur and which fire chiefs were invited to participate?”
A commissioner who spoke during public comment denied any finalized deal and said the county had only agreed to a study. The commissioner said the county had applied for grants to…
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