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Wicomico County Budget Includes Money for Volunteer Fire Company

Don Rush

Wicomico County has put some money in its budget to pay for some firefighters at the regional airport.

It is part of the plans to relocate the volunteer firefighters that have recently separated from the Salisbury Fire Department.

The work in the past has been done by crews from Piedmont Airlines.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that County Executive Bob Culver says that members of the Company 1 Volunteer Firefighters has been offered a new station at the airport.

He said he wants to put some of them on the payroll.

The paper notes that the deal must still be approved by the Wicomico County Fire Chiefs Association set to meet next week.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.