During an emergency situation like a house fire or medical crisis, most people don’t worry about which fire department is going to come to the rescue, just that a department responds — and as quickly as possible.
While that may seem obvious, in the eastern part of Racine County there are several areas that might be better serviced by fire and EMS if a different municipality responded.
“There are parts of Mount Pleasant that are closer to a Racine fire station than to a South Shore fire station,” Rob Henken, president of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, said. “But because these are separate departments, those parts of Mount Pleasant are being served by South Shore. Conversely we have parts of Racine that are closer to a South Shore station than to a Racine station.”