Rural North Carolina fire departments face technological challenges

  • Source: Fayetteville Observer
  • Published: 07/19/2017 12:00 AM

Some experienced volunteer firefighters have a tough time adjusting to technological advances that are being used on emergency vehicles, the chief of a rural department said Tuesday. Cumberland County’s Public Safety Task Force talked about computer software and how it is used by emergency workers at the task force’s meeting Tuesday. A task force subcommittee discussed the issue at a meeting last month. Wayne Lucas, chief of the Godwin-Falcon Fire Department, said he doesn’t have a problem with using technology. “Every time I introduce or attempt to introduce in my department a requirement to use some technology, I lose somebody,” he said.



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