Fire 12 hopes for insurance

Fire District 12 commissioners held a regular meeting June 5 in the Matlock Grange, discussing steps they are taking to reinstate insurance coverage and other district business.

“There’s a lot to do,” District 12 Acting Chief Mike Brown said.

Brown was appointed acting chief by Commissioners Trina Young and Dave Persell following their suspension of Bryan Walsworth.

Brown said he and Young are working to get insurance back for the district.

In May, it lost insurance coverage due to years of mismanagement, was declared a disaster area by the county and all three of its commissioners resigned.

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