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Public Safety Committee forwards mutual-aid agreements with two volunteer departments to BOMA
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted to send mutual-aid agreements with Shackle Island Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 and a neighboring volunteer department to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen with a positive recommendation, after discussing scope, automatic responses and limits on city resources.
The Public Safety Committee voted to send mutual-aid agreements with Shackle Island Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 and a neighboring volunteer department to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) with a positive recommendation.
The agreements would formalize how Hendersonville responds to qualifying calls outside city limits and clarify responsibilities and chains of command. Committee members discussed why the city needs written agreements even after recent state law changes affecting mutual aid.
Steve Frost, who has been involved with the…
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