A volunteer fire company that broke away from the city of Salisbury nearly two years ago is no longer recognized by the Wicomico County Fire Chiefs Association after the group passed changes to its bylaws.
Members voted 9-4 on Wednesday night to adopt a new bylaw that requires participating fire companies to have recognized territories, something that the Salisbury Independent Volunteer Fire Company is lacking.
Cory Polidore, the company's fire chief, said the vote will have little effect on the unit which is still recognized by both the county and state firefighters associations.
“It doesn’t make us not a fire company,” he said. “It really doesn’t do anything to us.”
In addition to Polidore, fire chiefs from Allen, Hebron and Sharptown voted against the change in the bylaws, according to association members who attended the meeting.