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Hood County hears volunteer fire departments’ capital requests ahead of budget hearings
Summary
At a June 11 special workshop, Hood County officials heard volunteer and combination fire departments outline equipment and apparatus shortfalls — from radios and SCBA bottles to new engines — and instructed staff to produce a consolidated capital list for the upcoming budget hearings.
Hood County commissioners on June 11 heard a series of status reports from volunteer and combination fire departments and directed staff to compile a consolidated capital‑equipment list ahead of the county’s budget hearings.
The special called workshop at the Historic Courthouse in Granbury centered on equipment needs — radios and fire‑rated microphones, SCBA/air bottles and air packs, thermal imaging cameras, rescue tools — and longer‑term apparatus purchases, including engines and tankers. Commissioners emphasized coordination so departments can pursue bulk purchasing discounts and present a single spreadsheet at the county’s capital hearing.
Chief Becker, who opened the presentation, reviewed a four‑year comparison of county and ESD (emergency services district) resources and call volumes and framed the central fiscal question: whether higher personnel costs for a career (paid) department are justified by the…
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