Concerned over the cost of fire protection being paid to Hall County by its residents, Oakwood officials are again discussing the possibility of a city fire department. At an October meeting, a council member asked City Manager Stan Brown to look at a new department as part of the 2015 budget. “It’s not as easy as saying, ‘Hey, let’s go start up a fire department.’ That’s not a foregone conclusion that we want to go down that path, but we want to find a solution,” Brown said.