ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Multiple volunteer fire departments are rejecting a ... Reopelle said this is to ensure taxpayer money remains in that district to fight fires for citizens.

UPDATE: Onslow County officials tell us that four volunteer fire departments have signed ... there’s municipalities that have the smallest district—that are making $80,000 more than we are.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Nine people spoke to a packed Onslow County ... mile district and the response time language was changed to respond to no less than 90% of dispatched fire calls ...