Fire commission backs McDonough Green concept, endorses concept for two more stations and first‑year staffing plan

The Lancaster County Fire Commission voted to proceed with the McDonough Green station concept and endorsed the concept of adding two more stations in future years, approving a first‑year staffing model and delegating later location decisions to the fire commission.

The vote implements the long‑running regional station discussion that the commission brought before council earlier. Commissioners emphasized that McDonough Green is the immediate next step in a multi‑year plan and that the locations for the proposed second and third stations will be determined later by the commission.

Commissioners and volunteer station representatives debated operational details before the vote, including which calls the new McDonough Green crew would cover, whether paid personnel would be assigned full‑time to that station or act as a supplement to volunteers, and how…