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Doña Ana County commissioners vote to close volunteer Station 33 in Garfield
Summary
Commissioners voted to close volunteer Station 33 in Garfield after county officials said the station had been inactive and unresponsive for years; the county said emergency coverage will continue from a crew based in Rincon and cited potential ISO insurance impacts.
Doña Ana County commissioners voted to close volunteer Station 33 in Garfield after county officials told the board the station "has not been staffed or responding to calls for a couple years now," a reporter summarizing the meeting said.
Why it matters: County officials argued that keeping an inactive station could raise the county's ISO rating, which the report said could affect homeowners' insurance rates and department funding. The county framed the closure as a measure to…
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