Volunteers sleep on rollaway cots in some Spotsylvania County fire and rescue stations.
Other stations have no beds at all, or showers. Supervisors put off action on the issue. Their vote to table action on the referendum was 4-3, with Supervisors Mary Lee Carter, Benjamin Pitts, Emmitt Marshall and T.C. Waddy comprising the majority. Supervisors Mark Cole, Tricia Messner and Gary Jackson voted against the postponement. After the vote, Marshall reminded board members that, under parliamentary rules, only a member of the majority can revive the issue.