Rescue Squad Cleaning Up After Fire
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The Lexington-Henderson County Rescue Squad is now in need of help of its own, after its building caught fire Wednesday night, Rescue Squad Captain Jason Greer was there at around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday to help put out the flames, but he was too late to save the building. “When I got here there was smoke rolling out of the bay doors and both end doors and you could hear stuff exploding and windshields cracking,” Captain Greer said. Squad volunteers said half of the building was a total loss. The fire destroyed three crash trucks and damaged all of their tools. Fortunately their rescue boats should be operational, but he estimates the total cost to still be around $1 million. “We’re still going to make calls,” Greer said. “I’ve got trucks coming from surrounding counties that are going to come in and help us. I’ve got two of my guys gone to get a truck with tools on it where we can still make calls in our own county, so we’re going to keep right on rolling.” Greer said other counties are on standby to help them cover some parts of Henderson County. They are still waiting on the fire marshal to see if it is safe to use the building. “We’re going to try to salvage what we can on a certain part of our building and keep a base here where we can at least run calls out of our own base,” he said. If not, Greer said they have already made arrangements with the sheriff to store stuff at the new jail and run calls from there. “It’s going to take us a little while to rebuild and get everything back up to par, but we’re still here for them and we’re still going to give them the same service we always have,” said Regina Henry, a volunteer who has been a part of the squad for seven years. Squad members say they will have to rely on fundraisers and donations to cover the cost of the damage. They are still not sure how much money they will get from insurance. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
