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Fraser council approves captain assessment, debates creating sergeant fire‑marshal role
Summary
The Fraser City Council authorized external assessment testing to create a ranked list of candidates for promotion to captain and held an extended debate over restoring a sergeant‑level fire marshal position; councilors agreed to consider the marshal role in the upcoming budget.
Fraser City Council voted 4–3 on Feb. 13 to hire EMCO for an assessment‑center style promotional test to create a ranked list for a future captain vacancy, and spent more than an hour debating whether to make the city’s vacant fire marshal post a sergeant‑level position.
The testing approval was advanced so the department can complete succession planning before Captain Bispie’s anticipated retirement later this year. City officials said the testing will produce an eligibility list and allow managers to plan training and on‑the‑job transition for the next captain.
The vote followed testimony from Fraser Department of Public Safety leadership describing current supervision gaps on the fire side and the department’s near‑term personnel changes. Captain Greg Gillis said the fire division lacks a steady, proximate supervisor for firefighters and paramedics and that the city has been using interim arrangements since…
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