Commission forms ad hoc committee to plan long-range fire protection

May 11, 2026

Roane County Commission established an Ad Hoc Committee for Long-Range Fire Protection Planning, appointing six commissioners to study volunteer-capacity declines and future paid-firefighting needs and report back to the commission.

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The Roane County Commission voted to create an Ad Hoc Committee for Long-Range Fire Protection Planning to examine the county’s future fire-protection needs amid declining volunteer staffing. The committee’s duties include meeting with volunteer fire chiefs and Emergency Management to review current conditions; Commissioners Travis Parks, David Brackett, Ron Berry, Lance Duff, Brad Goss and Ben Gann were appointed to serve.

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