HOUSTON COUNTY: 3:25 PM. Houston County Commissioner brags about being transparent. Yet look at their one page agenda with no attached documentation and then look at a City of Dothan agenda with all of the documentation. Then you decide on transparency.
Without any discussion in an open Administrative Meeting, Houston County Commissioner brags about Chairman Brandon Shoupe has proposed to the Houston County Volunteer Fire Chief President Jason Reneau about Houston County purchasing the fire association building. The preliminary price was around $ 120,000.00.
The building was constructed when Kenny Givens, now deceased, was President of Houston County Fire Chief Association.
Houston County gave the association the land. It is not clear how the property is deeded.
It is RSN understanding that Houston County wants the building for the Sanitation Department. The proposal is the fire association can meet in the Dothan-Houston County Emergency Management Building. Houston County has to pay around $ 130,000.00 a year rent for EMA to be in the building. When the original rent was decided there was a 30 year note on the City of Dothan-Houston County 911 building. That note was paid for in 5 years.
Just being TRANSPARENT for the commission. Because for this price and idea to be floated there has probably been some out of the sunlight discussion between commissioners.
DOTHAN: 6:31 AM. Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire Engines to 717 South Range Street to a structure fire at 717 South Range Street. At the time of dispatch kitchen fire, smoke visible.
Dothan Fire Engines 1 ( Central ), Truck 1 ( Central ), Dothan Fire Engines 4 ( Southside ), Dothan Fire Engine 5 ( Eastside ), Battalion Chief from Central Fire Station, and Rehab from Lakewood rolled.
On arrival this was a residential structure, duplex apartments, smoke and flames visible. Dothan Fire did a primary and secondary search making sure no one was inside. An offensive attack was done and by 6:47 AM Dothan Fire announced under control.
NOTE: The fireman change shifts at 7:00 AM. This fire was 29 minutes from off duty time and a working structure fire. This happens a lot with wrecks and medical calls. But you emergency service staff rolls and renders services without regard to time to get off. They stand by … time to work to save lives and property,.
REHOBETH: 2:13 AM. It was 2:13 AM when Houston County Sheriff 911 hit the tones for Rehobeth Fire – Rescue, Taylor Volunteer Fire, Southern Junction Volunteer Fire, Hodgesville Volunteer Fire and Madrid Volunteer Fire
As the tones sounded the Houston County Sheriff 911 dispatcher said all units, structure fire. 26 Hughes Drive in Rehobeth, residence on fire.
Because of the forward thinking of Rehobeth Mayor Kimberly Trotter, her fellow team members of Rehobeth Town Council and Todd Phillips, the Town of Rehobeth has full time fire and EMS at the station 24/7/365. The truck rolled. In addition, Fire Chief Nick Floyd and Town of Rehobeth Operations Manager Todd Phillips rolled. The other fire departments and host of volunteers out of their beds and rolled. Houston County Sheriff Department was dispatched and responded.
The first emergency unit that arrived on the scene announced smoke and flames visible and this is a working fire. The first fire engine company to arrive made entry and made sure all residents had evacuated. This was an offensive attack and the paid Rehobeth Fire – Rescue which also has volunteers and other departments joined together to work to save the residence.
The home did suffer major damage.
NOTICE: These residents had smoke detectors which alerted the residents to the smoke which woke them up and allowed the residents time to evacuate.
