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Rescue chief urges county support; board approves use of $50,000 to secure heavy-rescue equipment
Summary
Scotland County Rescue Squad requested county support for equipment and reimbursement of volunteers; the board voted to repurpose a $50,000 encumbered line item to start purchasing heavy-rescue equipment.
David LaViner, rescue chief for Scotland County Rescue Squad, briefed the Board of Commissioners on the squad's volunteer structure, call volume and equipment needs and asked the county to allow repurposing encumbered grant funds to buy equipment needed for a heavy-rescue certification.
LaViner told the board the rescue squad is 100 percent volunteer, responds to roughly 1,300 calls a year and is the county's designated technical-rescue agency for incidents such as heavy vehicle extrication, confined-space rescue, swift-water response and structural collapse. He said the squad had as many as 50 members historically but had fallen to about 12 active members after…
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