The Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District voted 3-1 to file an application to dissolve Tuesday, marking its first official step in the dissolution process. The board of director's vote comes a little over two months after a 4-1 vote to remain independent was returned in January. Divided on the issue are the district's board members who are wary of its lack of funding support from the county, and its volunteer firefighters and the community they serve who think they will be overlooked and abandoned by the county fire authority. The county had been giving the district $72,000 every year but decided to cut the funding after the district's January decision to remain independent. It also pulled a paramedic and fire engine assigned to Julian and reassigned firefighters from Julian and Cuyamaca stations.