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Hendersonville committee discusses automatic aid with Gallatin Fire Department; members favor monitoring fast-car deployment
Summary
Committee members debated switching from mutual aid to automatic aid with Gallatin Fire Department for the Northfield–Station 6 corridor, citing a 46-to-8 call disparity and potential ISO benefits; no formal action was taken and members recommended waiting to see Gallatin's fast-car deployment.
The Hendersonville Public Safety Committee on Sept. 9 discussed whether to move from a mutual aid agreement to automatic aid with the Gallatin Fire Department for the area running from Northfield Church west toward Station 6.
Chief Bush of the Hendersonville Fire Department explained that mutual aid requires a specific request for assistance while automatic aid would dispatch both departments together for certain locations. "Automatic means that we would be sent together," Bush said, describing the Northfield Church–Station 6 corridor as the chief pinch point under consideration.
Bush…
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