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Residents press council on volunteer fire coverage and pager upgrade as department seeks funding
Summary
Residents asked for a public hearing on the volunteer fire department’s staffing and coverage; officials described simultaneous paging with Richfield and proposed adopting a countywide digital paging system (iSpy) that would send addresses to phones at about $500/year.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Dec. 17 meeting to press Sigurd’s leaders about fire-department coverage, volunteer recruitment and facility maintenance. Trina and other commenters asked whether Sigurd has a functional fire department and who to call in an emergency; officials said 911 dispatch pages Sigurd and Richfield simultaneously and that responses are volunteer-based.
Amber asked specifically for a public hearing on the…
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