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Wake Forest fire official raises questions about new reimbursement language in Wake County mutual aid plan
Summary
Wake Forest Operations Battalion Chief Ed Barrett briefed the board on the Wake County Emergency Operations Plan and mutual aid agreement, noting new reimbursement language in the county document and urging clarification; he also recommended the town consider a full-time emergency manager and highlighted recent instances of mutual-aid use.
Ed Barrett, operations battalion chief (B shift) for the Wake Forest Fire Department and the town’s emergency-management collateral duty officer, briefed the board on the Wake County Emergency Operations Plan and mutual aid agreement.
Barrett described the agreement as a bidirectional resource document that allows municipalities to request county resources during emergencies and also to provide resources to other communities. He explained the request process — verbal requests can be made immediately but must be followed by an official written request specifying services, equipment, personnel, dates, locations and points of contact — and said the town has both requested and provided resources under similar arrangements in recent years, including firefighting and water-rescue deployments…
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