However, according to Stanardsville and Ruckersville fire chiefs and the county emergency services director, no one knew there was a connection.
“Who is the contact person? That’s my question, “said David Morris, chief of the Ruckersville Volunteer Fire Department, at the rescue services meeting in September.
Emergency Services Director Melissa Meador said she believed it was Lynn Clements, both bosses admitted she drove with them, but Meador added she did not know Clements was ever awarded that title.
“And who should I contact with a problem?” Asked Morris.
“If they don’t get the information, there is a problem with a fire hydrant, okay, maybe it’s us. I didn’t know who to call, â€Morris continued. “I told people about problems that were never addressed and then I just stopped talking.”
Clemons did not respond if RSA had a letter of intent regarding a liaison between the agency and the fire departments or if there was any correspondence showing that someone in the county had received information.
Jones reported in his email that since he was hired last year to help Greene County implement the recommendations of the Virginia Fire Services Board’s Fire and EMS (Emergency Medical Services) study, he has heard from fire chiefs that they were unable to locate hydrants due to heavy vegetation, hydrants with stuck valves that cannot be opened, and hydrants that simply have no water for some unknown reason.
