If the county executive’s proposed Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget is adopted, Laytonsville District Volunteer Fire Department will lose three firefighters.
“We can’t support this. We need the people out here,” said Laytonsville Chief Buddy Sutton. “I can’t tell you how much three people help.”
The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services budget proposal calls for redeployment of three day workers to another fire station where they are needed more, explained Pete Piringer, the department’s spokesperson. (The department utilizes day workers and shift workers.)…