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Resident urges expanded fire-response drills and tailored access planning
Summary
At a local meeting, a resident urged the board to plan and run interagency fire-response exercises and to tailor response plans to individual addresses after describing recent local fires and heavy emergency deployments.
A resident at the meeting urged the board to run coordinated fire-response exercises and to tailor response plans to the specifics of individual addresses, citing recent local fires that brought numerous units to a single property.
The resident said they had seen “Maybe 60 or 70” units respond on one road and described driveway and access challenges that complicated firefighting and rescue efforts. They told the board these variations mean each address may require a different operational plan and called for drills to test execution, not just written plans.
“After you get the plan you’ve got to execute some sort of exercise,” the resident said, adding that exercises and planning “are going to cost you some money. It’s going to cost some time.” The speaker suggested staged exercises focused on driveway access and coordination between fire and police units so responders know how to reach difficult sites.
Board members agreed a work session would be useful to develop concrete criteria and coordination steps. One board member said a joint session with committees would help shape a consistent set of procedures and noted that some discretion will be needed for unique situations.
The discussion closed with a direction to pursue a planning meeting or work session so the select board and relevant committees can outline steps, costs and an exercise schedule. No formal funding decision or vote on a training budget was recorded.
