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Rural fire departments urge HCDA to preserve rural fund for smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors
Summary
Representatives from New Union and Summitville fire departments told the HCDA on April 28 that a state-funded smoke-detector program — now expanding to include carbon-monoxide detectors — relies on rural-designated funds and needs continued support; departments also asked whether unused rural funds can be banked for larger capital needs.
Representatives from local rural fire departments asked the HCDA on April 28 to ensure funding for a state-supplied smoke-detector program continues as the county enters its budget season.
Sammy Morton of the New Union Fire Department and Michael Hawkins, assistant chief with Summitville Fire, told board members the program has saved lives and that New Union installed about 22 household detector packages in the past year. "We're taking old ones down," Morton said, adding that detectors come with a roughly 10-year life cycle and that the state supplies the devices.
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