Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing that the Madison Fire Department investigate improving emergency response efficiency by conducting a study on border dropping.
Border dropping is when fire departments are able to respond to emergency situations across municipal lines. Madison fire crews could be dispatched to neighboring jurisdictions, and vice versa.
Soglin said in the release Madison began providing fire protection to the Village of Shorewood in 2013 and is finalizing a similar agreement with the Town of Blooming Grove.
“We are now providing a higher quality service with equivalent or better response times,” Soglin said in the release. “This is the next logical step.”
The idea for the study originated with MFD Chief Steve Davis, who requested permission in a memo to the mayor to investigate border dropping in the area.
“Border drops offer an opportunity for even better protection, but we must ensure that we are not short changing our citizens,” Soglin said in the release.
