Politics & Government
Fire Station Dedication Underscores Commercial Need
County officials designed the station for the possibility of moving from a volunteer to a paid workforce.
The “ribbon” was a yellow fire hose.
Rather than cut it, Oconee County Fire Chief Bruce Thaxton and Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell uncoupled it.
With that uncoupling, Thaxton said, “We’re now dedicating Station 8 to Oconee County.”
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The new station, on Virgil Langford Road just south of SR 316, replaces the Barber Creek station on the Oconee Connector between Daniells Bridge Road and SR 316 and serves the county’s commercial development along the Epps Bridge Parkway corridor.
Trucks and equipment already were in place when the official “ribbon” cutting took place on Dec. 6, and the 40 people in attendance were offered the chance to tour the facility.
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C.J. Worden, Oconee County Emergency Management Agency director, provided a video tour of the facility, which has been designed to accommodate not only the 29 volunteers currently on the roll for the new station but also paid firefighters at some point in the future.
For more on the story, with a video tour of the new fire house, please go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Chief Bruce Thaxton, center, left, and Commission Chair John Daniell, center, right, uncouple the fire hose.