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Precinct 1 Organ
Volunteer Fire Department
County residents in tion. City fire protection will new communications system
Precinct 1, after several mon- end on July 1, 1980, except to be in operation by that
the of preparation have on a mutual basis. The time;, at present, all rural fires
recently organized a new Brazos County Firefighters should be reported to the
volunteer fire department Association is working on a sheriff's office at 779 -1717.
which presently has approx-
imately 150 members. The
Millican Volunteer Fire
Department has been serving
the entire precinct but will
now concentrate its efforts on
the area south of Peach
Creek.
Training programs which
began this week for volunteer
firefighters are being con-
ducted by the Millican and
Precinct 3 units. Two fire
trucks for Precinct 1 are ex-
pected in February; one will
be stationed in the Wellborn
Community and the other in
the vicinity of Texas World
Speedway.
Officers were elected at the
January meeting of the
Precinct 1 Volunteer Fire
Department: President, Col.
John Otts; Vice - President,
Glynn Peacock; Fire Chief,
Charles Huneycutt; Assistant
Fire Chief, Ray Horn; Train -
ing Officer, Mike Nakai;
Secretary, Nancy Johnson;
Treasurer, Lynn Carnes.
Regular meetins will be
held on the second Thursday
of each month at 7 PM at the
Wellborn Community Center
on Green's Prairie Road.
Precinct 1 residents are urged
to attend these meetins and
actively support the organiza-