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Fire chief details staffing, overtime and mutual aid; city to allocate SHREK reimbursement to recruit academy expenses
Summary
Fire Chief Oberg and Battalion Chief Forbes briefed the committee on staffing changes, rising overtime and mutual aid activity; the committee also heard a Special Budget Ordinance (SBO) allocation for SHREK‑related reimbursements and recruit‑academy costs presented by Matt Boston.
Fire Chief Dave Oberg and Battalion Chief Britney Forbes updated the Spokane City Public Safety Committee on Oct. 6 about department staffing, overtime and mutual/automatic aid, and Battalion Chief Forbes presented response and overdose metrics.
Oberg said the department had one retirement in September and expected additional retirements by year‑end, and that the current recruit academy had 18 recruits with two resignations since it began. He told the committee that overtime spending through the most recent pay period was about 17% higher than the same period last year and…
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