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Union Rescue and local volunteers ask commissioners to protect volunteer EMS amid county system changes
Summary
During public comment Pender County volunteer EMS leaders urged commissioners to preserve and support volunteer rescue services while the county evaluates a new countywide EMS system; commissioners said they want cooperation between volunteer services and the county.
Several representatives of Union Rescue and other volunteer emergency services addressed the Pender County Board of Commissioners during the public-comment period on April 7, urging the board to protect volunteer responders as the county considers system changes.
Union Rescue leaders and longtime volunteers praised commissioners for taking steps the presenters said were necessary to protect taxpayers, but asked the board to be mindful of volunteer organizations’…
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