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Boonville volunteer firefighters ask Yadkin County commissioners for more funds as apparatus age
Summary
John Bull, a firefighter and co-chair of the Boonville Community Volunteer Fire Department board, told the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners during public comment on June 2 that the department needs increased funding for apparatus maintenance, station repairs and staffing.
John Bull, a firefighter and co-chair of the Boonville Community Volunteer Fire Department board, told the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners during public comment on June 2 that the department needs increased funding for apparatus maintenance, station repairs and staffing.
Bull said the department typically budgets about $25,000 a year for apparatus maintenance but has been spending 2.5 to 3 times that amount in recent years. “This year is no different; we have already spent about 2.5 to 3 times more than was budgeted for repairs,” he said, and provided the board with a Fiscal Year…
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