RUCKERSVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – After cutting them off for a couple of months, the Greene County Board of Supervisors has placed back in service the Ruckersville Volunteer Fire Company as well as released the entire investigation review. The Board released a statement Friday immediately putting the Company back in service after what they said was “a due diligence review that included an external investigation”. The new letter said “the department has been able to train maintain equipment and fundraise” since the Board placed them out of service May 15. The board continued that “the Board of Supervisors and RVFC are working collaboratively to implement the necessary remediation measures, oversight protocol, and compliance standards required for full operational restoration”.
The board placed RVFC out of service for the time period starting May 13 among various allegations that included pending criminal charges against an assistant chief, alleged operation deficiencies, and question about command roles. They did so assigning volunteer companies in Stanardsville and Dyke covering the areas where Ruckersville was receiving calls, to the consternation of many community residents. Some, including former Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner, were concerned about the increased response time the other companies required to get to certain locations.
“I travel through Ruckersville, I drive to DC through there a lot. A lot of transportation accidents and those kind of things that happen, and I do business there. So that kind of concerned me if I’m going to be coming into that community, not only for the citizens but for all of us that visit or do business in Greene,” Werner told WINA’s The Schilling Show July 9…