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Atchison County and local fire districts debate mutual aid, liability and ownership of Rescue 2 after EMS reorganization
Summary
Commissioners and fire district representatives discussed a disputed rescue truck, mixed ownership of equipment, lack of a written agreement, liability for volunteers and options to form a mutual-aid/automatic-aid agreement or to transfer assets.
Atchison County commissioners and local fire-district leaders spent the bulk of a March 27 special meeting on a long-running dispute over Rescue 2: who owns the rescue truck and equipment, how volunteers and county personnel are paid and covered, and how to document mutual-aid arrangements.
John Edson, president of the Edson County Rural Fire District No. 2, described a February decision by his fire board to accept “option 3” for Rescue 2: that the county establish a similar level of county-run rescue service station in Effingham while allowing current Rescue 2 members who wish to join to continue as county rescue personnel. “On our rescue truck decision, we voted to go with option 3,” Edson said, describing the board action and subsequent disputes over…
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