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Regional Fire Departments Look for Ways to Save Money

Ideastream Public Media | By David Williams
Published February 26, 2020 at 5:17 PM EST
Small and rural communities have a harder time maintaining their emergency services, but regionalization could be a cost-saving answer.
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Small and rural communities have a harder time maintaining their emergency services, but regionalization could be a cost-saving answer.

Fire Departments in Northern Summit County could see greater collaboration. is exploring a merger with , which provides fire services for Peninsula, Boston Township and Boston Heights.

Richfield Village Mayor Michael Wheeler said they already provide dispatch services to several communities to share costs, and he wants to see cooperation like that wherever possible.

"Valley Fire did approach us," Wheeler said. "Right now I am in the process of evaluating the merger with Valley Fire from an economic standpoint and from a service standpoint."

Wheeler said Richfield approached Bath about merging fire services, but the township said no.

Bath collaborated on a joint fire station with Copley in the past. Wheeler says that didn鈥檛 go well, but that Bath is interested in greater cooperation with Richfield Fire.

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David Williams
David Williams is an intern at WKSU for summer 2019. A junior at Kent State, Williams is pursuing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in multimedia journalism. Williams has reported for The Kent Stater, the university鈥檚 student-run newspaper, since spring 2018. His interests include history and politics.
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