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Supervisors debate fire, rescue and EMS funding as equipment and personnel costs rise
Summary
Lancaster supervisors and local fire/EMS leaders described rising apparatus and gear costs, debated long-standing grant distribution arrangements, and discussed a proposal to equalize county support to roughly $175,000 per department.
Local fire and emergency services leaders told the Lancaster County Board that operational costs have risen sharply and that county support needs adjustment. Charles Brocklebank, chief of the White Stone Volunteer Fire Department, said outfitting a single member runs “well over $5,000” for protective gear, and described apparatus prices that have increased from roughly $650,000 five years ago to near $1,000,000 now.
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