A fire station near every home
by Ted Carter
Published: October 31,2010
Tags: Larry Barr, Mississippi Department of Insurance’s Division of Fire Service Development
Long-ago funding revamps help lower insurance premiums A couple of decades ago, Mississippi set a goal of putting a fire station within five miles of every home in the state. “I think we’re very close to that,” said Larry Barr, state fire coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Insurance’s Division of Fire Service Development. Two [...]
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