Alamance County Rescue Service District
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.
- What: Alamance County Rescue, a volunteer technical rescue agency (since 1956, 70+ members, about $100,000 a year from the county), wants a countywide rescue service district funded by a quarter of a penny, about $7.50 a year for a $300,000 household. County commissioners asked it to collect resolutions of support from every municipality first.
- Where it stands: Mebane's council resolution of support was on the 2026-10-20 consent agenda and approved. Other towns were also being asked (Altahal and the Village of Alamance were already on board; Graham and Burlington were due soon).
- Next: the commissioners decide whether to create the district.
Why they say it is needed
- Services include vehicle and heavy machinery extrication, swiftwater and dive teams (the only dive team in the county), trench, confined space and high-angle rescue, and K9 search teams.
- A proposed county funding cut last year was fought off; the chief said 67 calls during the Chantal flooding showed the need, and that stable funding should not depend on changing administrations.
Discussion time
About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 - City Council | 4 |
Log
- 2026-10-20 - City Council - A resolution of support for Alamance County Rescue was approved on the consent agenda without discussion.
- 2026-09-08 - City Council - Chris Money asked council to sign the sample resolution (about 13:46-17:52); a council member said they would support it.