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Fire and rescue I
Castleton Fire and Rescue J Capt. Paul Komar stood up dur- I ing the board’s evening public j hearing to report on research he J has done on the cost of paid fire ^ and rescue operations in other ? Virginia counties. !
He said Culpeper County’s paid squad, which operates with N two ambulances, costs the coun- * ty $1.7 million a year. Prince William County’s paid squad, * which has one ambulance and { one fire truck, costs $1.4 million* a year. •
He estimated that Rappa-$ hannock Coimty would have to < spend more than $4 million a 2 year if the county’s volunteer^ fire and rescue services were \ paid. ^
E-mail the reporter at k kallen@timespapers.com '
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