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Travis County Emergency Service District No. 2 Fire Chief Nick Perkins has been with the fire department commonly known as the Pflugerville Fire Department since 1998. (Courtesy Travis County ESD No. 2)

Q&A: Pflugerville Fire Chief Nick Perkins on preserving service levels after failed ballot measure

By Haley McLeod

Travis County Emergency Service District No. 2 Fire Chief Nick Perkins sat down with Community Impact May 12 to discuss priorities of the department roughly six months after a ballot measure failed to reduce funding for the fire department serving eastern Travis County.

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