Operations & Training

Birmingport, AL, Fire District Residents to Pay More for Protection

Sept. 23, 2024

Fire Chief Wade Holley said the Birmingport district has been operating at a deficit of about 30 percent for the last four years.

Susan Nicol

Birmingport Fire District has been operating at a deficit of about 30% for the last four years.

That's why dues are increasing for homeowners, Fire Chief Wade Holley told WBRC.

The rate will go from $280 a year to $365 a year.

“We did not want to do it, but it was a matter of if we don’t do this, we probably won’t exist in a year,” he said.

They are offering payment plans and the district has a benevolent fund for those facing extreme financial burdens.

“At the deficit we are running at, at this time without an increase, we would have to lay people off permanently. And, then, the citizens of the district would suffer because we may not be able to provide the service that we provide now

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Susan Nicol | News Editor

Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.