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Scotland County Rescue Squad urges repurposing of $50,000 to complete heavy-rescue equipment purchases
Summary
The county's volunteer technical rescue squad, which responds to more than 1,300 calls a year, asked commissioners to direct already-encumbered funds to buy gear needed to attain heavy-rescue capability; commissioners voted to release $50,000.
David LaViner, chief of the Scotland County Rescue Squad, asked commissioners to repurpose existing budgeted funds so the all-volunteer agency can buy equipment and pursue heavy-rescue certification before he retires.
"We are 100% volunteers," LaViner told the board. He said the squad averages more than 1,300 calls per year — about four calls a day — and that the unit is the county's primary technical rescue agency for incidents such as vehicle and industrial extrications, high-angle and confined-space rescues, swift-water responses and agricultural emergencies. "We are the only technical rescue agency in the county," he said.
LaViner said the rescue squad does not receive the same call-out reimbursements…
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