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LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. — Fifteen additional fire stations are needed in unincorporated parts of Lafayette Parish to protect citizens and keep insurance costs down.
Tom Cassisa, a fire rating consultant hired by Lafayette Consolidated Government, presented the findings Tuesday of the parish’s fire protection operations.
The city of Lafayette has paid firefighters, but unincorporated parts of the parish rely on volunteers. With jobs and family demands, volunteers are often hard to find in some parts of the parish, he said.
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