FRANKLIN FIRE CLOSURE

IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS, A DECISION WILL BE MADE AS TO WHICH FIRE STATION WILL CLOSE AFTER VOTERS FAILED TO PASS FUNDING LEVIES. 
AFTER THIS MORNING'S VOTE, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE FIRE STATION. IT'S A DIFFICULT MOVE MADE NECESSARY AFTER VOTERS FAILED TO PASS TWO FIRE LEVIES JUST MONTHS APART. SO NOW THE DEPARTMENT CAN'T AFFORD TO STAFF ALL OF ITS STATIONS AND CUTS ARE BEING MADE. AND RIGHT NOW, EACH FIRE STATION TAKES ABOUT 6000 CALLS ANNUALLY. WITH ONE CLOSING THAT WOULD DOUBLE TO 12,000 AND THAT WOULD ALSO MEAN LIKELY THERE BEING LONGER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES.