Despite pleas from citizens, the Town of Jupiter is moving forward with plans to form its own fire department with startup planned in three years and ties with the county agency to be severed.
The land that the old Lascassas School (6531 Lascassas Pike, Lascassas, TN) once sat on will soon be home to a brand new Rutherford County Fire and Safety Department building. Currently, the Lascassas Volunteer Fire Department sits on the back half of the property, which encompases about 5-acres. While residents are pleased to receive the added safety of the new fire hall and ambulance service center, they are equally concerned about preserving a piece of history that sits on the front portion o .