Fire departments are always there to help the people in their communities. But what happens if there’s a fire they can’t put out alone?
Often, that’s where mutual aid agreements with other fire departments come in. Two departments in our area have just finalized a deal to do that.
Liberty County Fire Services has mutual aid agreements with plenty of bordering fire departments, but they just now added one with Richmond Hill. This means that if there’s a fire one of the departments needs help dealing with, the other department will come and help, free of charge.
Liberty County Fire Services Chief Brian Darby says the Richmond Hill Fire Department just built a new fire station off Belfast Keller Road - an area that used to be serviced by Bryan County Fire Services.