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Residents urge council to revisit Ross firehouse closure as council seeks options
Summary
Public comment at the Feb. 13 meeting centered on the planned closure of Ross’s legacy fire station, with longtime volunteers and residents urging the council to reconsider or to identify alternatives to preserve local emergency response capability.
Public comment at the Feb. 13 Ross Town Council meeting focused heavily on the town’s plan to close its legacy fire station and reassign the engine. Longtime resident and former Ross volunteer firefighter Bruce Selfridge told the council he was “very upset that the town has decided to close the fire station,” and said the town had relied on the local engine for flood response, pumping basements and rapid medical first response during his decades of service.
Another resident who testified, Donna Arens, said she joined the Ross fire department and served more than 20 years and warned the council that “10 minutes or more is unacceptable” for medical emergencies and urged the council to keep the engine in town. Several other residents in the chamber and on Zoom expressed similar concerns about response…
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