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One-third of the financial support for Culpeper's fire and rescue units comes from the county's general fund. The Culpeper supervisors extended that helping hand across the county line last week, voting to give the Amissville Fire Department $2,000.
The contribution came in response to Amissville's estimates that costs of answering Culpeper calls last year amounted to $4,900. Responding to those fires comprised 60 percent of Amissville’s load, according to Culpeper board chairman Eric Thoreson.
Culpeper residents frequently call Amissville’s fire fighters because they are just a mile from the county line while it takes Culpeper volunteers 12 to 15 minutes to travel the same distance, according to a spokesman for Culpeper's Fire and Rescue Association.
Supervisor James Shive, who objected to funding the Amissville company when it hasn’t sought financial assistance from the Rappahannock board, voted against the $2,000 contribution but then handed fire chief Paul Poling a personal check for his department.
In 1982-83, Rappahannock’s supervisors increased the county’s support for emergency services by 24? percent over the previous year.
This year will see the installation of a dispatch
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