Kennett Township officials have reached an agreement that will permit regional fire service and will change the way in which fire and rescue services operate, significantly reducing response times.
The agreement was reached by Kennett Township, Kennett Fire and EMS Regional Commission, Kennett Fire Co. No. 1 and Longwood Fire Co. The agreement calls for more resources to be provided to both Longwood Fire Co. and Kennett Fire Co. No. 1.
“Public safety is a core responsibility municipalities and sorting through these challenges has been incredibly difficult,” said Kennett Vice Chair Whitney Hoffman, “Seeing the fire companies work together to accomplish a shared mission, under a unified structure, will benefit this community for decades to come.” Richard Leff, Kennett supervisor, called the agreement historic and said it ends decades of inefficiency.