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Volunteer fire department volunteer and funding shortfalls highlighted in public comment; Cascade reports $33,801 deficit

3464351 · May 23, 2025
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Summary

A volunteer from Cascade Volunteer Fire Department told the board that studies over two decades show persistent public-safety gaps and that the department ran a $33,801.80 shortfall over ten months of the current fiscal year despite stipend revenue.

A long-serving volunteer firefighter told the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors that the county’s volunteer public-safety system continues to face operational and funding shortfalls despite prior studies and recent steps by the board.

Jerome Adams, a Cascade volunteer for more than 25 years, presented a summary of three county public-safety studies (2006, 2015 and the most recent…

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