Government Takeover Planned for GA Fire Department

A privately operated fire department in Georgia is slated to be taken over soon by the Columbia County government.

The Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue’s board of directors voted on the change Wednesday night after preliminary discussions with county officials, the Augusta Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/Ra0TQO).

The change is driven by an expected increase in workers compensation insurance for 2013 from $300,000 to $965,000, Columbia County Administrator Scott Johnson said.

Putting the fire service under the county umbrella will lower the workers compensation costs to $100,000 or less, Johnson said.

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