Fire Master Plan

Last night at the Brooksville City Council meeting, Karen Nicolai, Clerk of Hernando County Court, invited Chief Mossgrove to participate in the Hernando County Master Planning Project for Fire and Rescue Services. Ms. Nicolai requested that the city council allow Chief Mossgrove to participate in the meetings. A consensus of the council was approved after guarantees were given that the city would not be taken over by the county. The city attorney, David LaCroix, assured them (council) that this would not be possible without the prior approval of the Brooksville City Council. Chief Mossgrove welcomed the invitation by Ms. Nicolai and gave a run down on why his input would be beneficial to this committee. It seems Chief Mossgrove has prior experience in writing fire master plans since he just completed one for the city last year. Ms. Nicolai indicated that an RFP (request for proposal) would go out soon for a consultant to participate in these planning meetings. She also indicated that after a consultant was on board Gary Kuhl would not be participating in these meetings and her office would only send a representative. All countywide fire chiefs have been invited to participate in this master plan process. For a fair outcome, it is important that representatives from the High Point Fire District, Hernando Beach Volunteer Fire Department and the Tri-County Fire Department also be included these meetings. It is great to see that our fire safety will finally be reviewed by an analytical screening committee of all the top fire people in our county, without the background noise of local politics.