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Fire chief asks for training investment as recruitment and modernization pressures grow
Summary
Fishers fire leadership presented a budget with a roughly 12% increase driven by training and recruitment investments, officer development, and equipment modernization to support large events and water rescue capabilities.
Fire department leadership told the Budget & Finance Committee the department’s requested increase is focused on rebuilding and modernizing training, officer development and recruitment amid a national shortage of applicants.
“We wanted to introduce some money into that. So roughly 80 to a $100,000 increase in that world puts us at at 12%,” the fire chief said, explaining funds will support training and a new training captain and officer-development programs.
Nut graf: The chief described the request as a targeted investment to improve…
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