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Residents say Crawford volunteer fire station wasn't dispatched during house fire; commission offers to facilitate meeting
Summary
Multiple residents described a recent house fire where they say the Crawford Fire Department was not called and mutual-aid units arrived with limited resources; commissioners said the agreement was between Salem and Crawford and offered to help convene a meeting among stakeholders to clarify dispatch and mutual-aid procedures.
Residents from Crawford, Wildberry and nearby communities pressed the Lee County Commission for answers after a house fire around the holidays that they say exposed gaps in dispatch and mutual-aid coordination.
Several speakers told the commission that Crawford volunteers did not receive a 9-1-1 call and that Smith Station units eventually responded but arrived without sufficient hose length or local knowledge. Ronald Blanton said his house and a neighbor's were destroyed and told the commission he had been told Crawford…
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