QUINLAN, Texas — Hunt County Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to terminate the county’s contract with the Quinlan Volunteer Fire Department, citing financial reasons for cutting ties with the department that faced criticism following a deadly fire last year.
Representatives from the department told commissioners they would shut down following the loss in county funding, which is set to now expire in March. Calls to which the Quinlan Volunteer Fire Department previously responded would be absorbed by other nearby departments, the county said.
“This was a business decision for both the short term and long term benefit of the citizens of South Hunt County. Nothing else,” Commissioner Garry Smith, who made the motion to cancel the contract with the department, said in a text to WFAA…