Carroll County’s government is on the verge of achieving a yearslong effort to establish a combination paid and volunteer fire and emergency medical services department, but the proposal does not have the full support of a representative for the volunteers.
During a public hearing Thursday on the proposed ordinance that will establish the department, a leader in the volunteer fire and EMS community pointed to what he believes are shortcomings in the proposal, while also expressing hope for the future. “The fire service is a complicated organization, and the brevity of your ordinance falls short in fully articulating this critical piece of information,” Bruce Fleming, president of Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association, told the Board of County Commissioners.