Montgomery County Chronicle – August 29, 2013
Submitted by Newz Group Clipping Service – September 26, 2013
County commissioners on Monday were reminded that the county’s liability insurance does not provide coverage to privately-owned vehicles of county employees, including rural firefighters.
Doug Buckles of Newkirk, Dennis and Buckles and Rob Gill of the Jim Gill Agency told commissioners that the county’s insurance also does not cover vehicles that are borrowed from other governmental agencies. Only vehicles that are owned or rented are covered under the county’s insurance package, the two insurance agents said.
The issue of insurance coverage was brought to light earlier in the month when commissioners learned that a member of the Montgomery County Rural Fire Department was pulling a trailer containing a generator belonging to the South Coffeyville Fire Department. The generator was used in the search and recovery of an Independence teenager who drowned in the Verdigris River.
The hitch on the generator trailer damaged the rural firefighter’s tailgate, causing more than $2,000 in damage.
However, the county’s insurance did not provide any coverage for the rural firefighter because the vehicle was a privately-owned truck and not one that was owned by Montgomery County.
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