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Oconee County commission asks for tentative staffing schedule after residents warn single-person stations are unsafe
Summary
After two public commenters and multiple chiefs warned that placing a single firefighter alone at rural stations is dangerous, the Oconee County Fire Advisory Commission voted unanimously to request a tentative staffing schedule be presented to the county fire chief.
Oconee County Fire Advisory Commission members voted unanimously to request a tentative staffing schedule be presented to the county fire chief after public commenters and firefighters warned that staffing rural stations with a single person would be unsafe.
During the public-comment portion, Mountain Rest resident Dwayne Pate told commissioners, “I just come to express my concerns about the new staffing going to 1 man in a station. I feel that putting young people in that position is gonna be unsafe.” Pate said…
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