BURGAW, NC (WWAY-TV) — Since March, nearly 40 employees have resigned from Pender County EMS and Fire including four firefighters now seeking jobs with other agencies. The department has also seen its board of director’s dissolve and is set to merge under county operations in July.
Assistant Fire Chief Mark Haraway presented a nearly $900,000 incentives package to county commissioners Monday night which is aimed at retaining staff before the merger.
“This was a good opportunity to simple come and educate you guys on the fact that we’re losing people and if we don’t do something you are not going to have anything to absorb July 1,” Haraway said during the meeting…