The chief of the Healing Springs Volunteer Fire Department says the agency ended its initial mutual aid agreement with a nearby department in Rowan County to improve insurance ratings in the district.
Healing Springs Fire Chief Chris Bean sent an email to Terry Bailey, manager of the Davidson County 911 Center, on June 5, 2017, requesting that all Rowan County mutual aid be removed from calls within the Healing Springs Fire Department district. Previously, the Pooletown Fire Department in Rowan County would be automatically dispatched to fire calls in the Healing Springs district near the county line.
“We at Healing Springs Fire Dept. want to have all Rowan County Mutual Aid removed from our response. If the need arises, we will have them dispatched accordingly,” the email read.
According to Bean, the decision was made in an effort to improve the Healing Spring department’s insurance rating.