By Irina Cates
KPAX
MINERAL COUNTY, Mont. — The West End and the St. Regis fire departments will indefinitely halt emergency response to parts of Mineral County beginning on Thursday because they feel that some Montana Highway Patrol troopers are disregarding safety protocols.
This dispute could mean no fire department response to crashes on Highway 135 in the St. Regis area or to the Mineral County I-90 corridor, even in deadly situations.
“We spent hours talking among ourselves before we decided to do this and my problem as a leader is that I am responsible for the people I take out there. My first responsibility to my volunteers is to make sure they don’t get hurt so they can serve other people,” West End Volunteer Fire Chief Bruce Charles said.
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