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to have its own “would be a waste of money no matter where the funds come from if we can provide service through a joint dispatch,” he maintained. “Cooperation is the key,” Rosson said, adding that a mutual operation would benefit both counties: Culpeper would get additional non-county funds to upgrade its system and paying its fair share of Culpeper’s costs would amount to a lot less for Rappahannock than operating a separate dispatch station.
A long term agreement would have to be worked out between the two counties and joint fire and rescue dispatch advisory council or committee appointed to oversee operations, according to Rosson. He emphasized, however, that he viewed the shared system as the most feasible answer to Culpeper’s need for an improved communications system and to Rappahannock’s need for dispatch of its emergency service units.
Lives At Stake
“We’re not just talking about setting up a telephone or a CB radio (in
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