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Candidates highlight volunteer emergency services, mental-health units and mobile substance-use programs
Summary
Both candidates said the county must support volunteer fire and ambulance squads; Nolan highlighted county subsidies and training, and both described mobile mental-health units and peer-based substance-use services as priorities.
Candidates addressed pressures on volunteer emergency services and availability of mental-health and substance-use treatment in remote parts of the district.
Drake said volunteer departments face aging membership and training access problems and called for more local forest-fire training and on-the-ground sessions. Nolan noted the county now subsidizes emergency services and supports training, mobile mental-health units and an emergency center with 24-hour access; she also pointed to county management of opioid settlement funds and peer-led harm-reduction programs.
