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Statesboro-Bulloch fire committee launches in upbeat mood
Complex issues ahead for 5-mile district and beyond
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Tricky questions such as where the city might put a third fire station remain in the future, but a joint city-county fire committee that met for the first time Tuesday agreed to address these in a spirit of cooperation. The committee was created under last September's compromise between the city and county that keeps alive a five-mile fire tax district outside the city limits for five more years. "The goal is working for the best fire protection that we can provide for the citizens in that district, and then I think it's important that the city knows the direction that the county is headed in with regards to fire projection," Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn said.
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