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Agenda

• Fairview Fire Department history
• Fairview’s current status
• Issue at hand
• Taxation
• The Process
• How does this affect you
• Next Steps

FRFD History

• Establish 1963
• 22 Charter Members
• Recognized the need for fire protection
• Original station built by hand
• Fairview Community Land
• Station 1 rebuilt in 2000

FRFD History

• Revenue - Fundraising
• BBQ’s
• Fish Fry’s
• Turkey Shoots
• “Passing the Hat”
• Fire Tax began in late 70’s/Early 80’s

Enhancing Your Service

• 1982 – First Wake County Dept. to implement

“First Responder” for medical calls

• 1990 – Built Station 2, at 1010 and Lake Wheeler Rd
• 1994 – Rescue/Extrication Services
• 1997 – Daytime Career Staff
• 2001 – Improved to ISO Class 6
• 2010 – 24 hour staff
• 2018 – Improved to ISO Class 3

Current Status

• Ten-Ten Fire District
• 24 square miles
• Over $2.1 Billion in property value
• Generates over $2 Million in Fire Tax Revenue
• 17,000 Citizens
• Last year – 1667 Emergency Calls
• Over 4 a day

Current Status

• Non-Profit Organization
• Contract with Wake County
• There is NOT a “Wake County Fire Department”
• Fairview Board of Directors
• 9 Members
• 283 years combined Fire Service experience
• 2 past Fire Chiefs
• Deputy Director of NCSFA
• Extensive administration experience

Current Status

• 16 Career Staff
• 35 Volunteers
• ISO Class 3
• 1157 Volunteer and Combination FD’s in NC
• 0 – Class 1’s
• 4 – Class 2’s
• 37 – Class 3’s
• Garner Suburban is a Class 4

Current Status

• Fairview Station 2
• 1046 Calls for Service
• 870 in the County area
• 176 in a Municipal area

Wake Co. Fire Commission

• 17 Members – 11 that Vote
• 4 – Fire Service Representatives
• 1 – Wake County Commissioner
• 1 – President of the Wake Co. Firefighters Association
• 5 – Citizen Appointees
• 1 – Municipal Representative for each participating

municipality

• Director of Wake Co. Fire Services (non-voting)
• Review items and Make recommendations to the County

Commissioners

Issue at hand

• Wake County Staff is recommending:
• Cost sharing with the Town of Garner to fund a new

fire station - Garner Fire Station 5 – Caddy Road

• Closing Fairview Station 2
• Giving Garner FD a large portion of the Fairview

district and tax revenue

• Almost 10 square miles
• 4,500 Residents
• $500,000 Per Year

Issue at hand

• Fairview Station 2:
• Building is paid in full
• Land rent $100/year
• $35,400/ year to operate
• Building will be returned to the Land Owner if closed
• $500,000+ investment, LOST
• New Garner station construction costs - $5,000,000 +
• Raleigh Station 6 - $5 Million
• Raleigh Station 14 - $6.1 Million
• Raleigh Station 12 - $6.2 Million
• Raleigh Station 22 - $7.4 Million

Service Tax v. Fire Tax

• 1999 – Fire Service Tax Implemented
• All County Fire Tax is “pooled” and each FD must request funds

from the “pool”

• YOUR Ten-Ten Fire District generates just over $2,000,000/year in

Fire Tax

• Fairview receives only $1,650,000 of that
• The remaining $400,000 of YOUR Fire Tax is given to other

FD’s in Wake County

• County Staff is recommending to give away another $500,000

AND close YOUR local fire station

Open Process?

• February 22, 2017 – Steering Committee meeting,

Director Campasano says “A big fat Zero” when asked how many stations are going to be closed.

• April 11, 2017 – Lunch meeting about Funding with

Chris Pierce and Director Campasano

• April 27, 2017 – County Staff talked with Chief Spain

about a joint Garner/Fuquay Station at 1010 and Lake Wheeler - that’s not occurring

Open Process?

• April 2, 2018 – County Staff reviewed Budget

Committee requests with Chief Spain; 6 new stations were requested…..None from Garner

• May 29 –Director Campasano and Deputy Director

Alford were present at Fairview’s Board Meeting… NO mention of closure

Open Process?

• June 11 – Garner Asst. Chief - tells Chief Spain there

has NOT been any discussion at their staff meetings about a new station for the past 6 months

• June 18– We received word that Garner Chief has

announced to his staff…they are building Station 5 and Fairview 2 will be closing

Open Process?

• June 22 – Deputy Director Alford calls Chief Spain

requesting data on what funds will be saved by closing Station 2

• June 27 – Deputy Alford met with Fairview Chief

Spain and said “Fairview would not know the plan until it was Bulletproof”

• July 19 – Station 2 closure is on the Fire Commission

agenda

Open Process?

• July 19 – Fire Commission meeting, Director

Campasano stated they had been working on this since March 2017

• July 19 – Garner Town Manger stated at the Fire

Commission Meeting – building of Garner Sta. 5 is NOT contingent on County assistance

• To date, Fairview has not been asked for any input or

alternatives

Open Process?

• July 19 - Director Campasano recommends having the

Fire Commission approve the closure, THEN notify the citizens

• July 19 Fire Commission audio recording Part 2 at

the 59:30 mark

• Does this appear to be an open process to you?

How does this affect you?

• Increased response time to over 90% of the citizens protected by

Fairview Station 2

• Reduced resources in YOUR time of need
• Especially during times of high need
• Storms
• Natural Disasters
• Large scale incidents
• Increased insurance rates for Commercial Business, Churches, and

Educational Institutions

How does this affect you?

• What happens when Garner FD has

duplicate/overlapping calls?

• May 26, 2016 – Garner Cleveland Record quotes

Garner Fire Chief, Matt Poole

• “1000 times a year we have duplicate or overlapping
• calls. That detrimentally impacts the level of service

we’re able to provide the citizens”

How does this affect you?

• This is a clear indicator that many times, Garner

Station 5 will be empty leaving the area previously serviced by Fairview Station 2 unprotected

• This can be reduced by working with both departments

collectively

Question

• April 23, 2018 – Wake County provides Fairview with

new district maps, increasing our district size

• Within 60 days; we learned from a neighbor:
• Wake County is cost sharing to build Garner Station 5
• Closing Fairview Station 2
• Giving away another $500,000 of YOUR tax dollars,

annually

• Why? – MONEY, Garner wants County money to build

and/or operate a new fire station for the Town

Question

• The Town of Garner annexed at 401/1010 into the city is .81

square miles

• County Staff is recommending to close YOUR local fire

station that:

• Serves 10 square miles
• Is debt free
• Less expensive to operate
• Provides more responders
• Staffed engine plus 35 volunteers
• WHY? – Money for Garner FD

Question

• Why does Garner need a new station, when they have
• ne within the normal 5 mile district?
• Garner Station 2 is 4.7 miles from 401 and Ten-Ten
• Garner FD’s contract with the Town requires an engine

in the town at all times, why not in their County contract?

Question

• With increasing number of homes, citizens, traffic and

emergency calls each year - Why the sudden need to close Fairview Sta. 2? – MONEY for Garner

How can you help?

• The voice of reason must come from you!
• Attend the Fire Commission Meeting on August 16
• Received word on August 1, work session only

for this project

• Call, write, email, share on Social Media with all the

Wake County Commissioners

Questions and/or Comments