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Fire Department Uses Cost-Recovery Contractor for Nonresident Incidents; Chief to Follow Up on $11,000 Charge

5754770 · September 3, 2025
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Summary

Deputy Division Chief Matt Wood said the city uses a company called Fire Recovery to pursue cost recovery for incidents involving people who do not live in the city; he will follow up after an alderman reported a resident was charged $11,000 for a fire response.

Deputy Division Chief Matt Wood told the Springfield City Council on Aug. 19 that the fire department uses a company called Fire Recovery to seek cost recovery for certain incidents involving people who do not live in the city. Wood said the program, passed in November of…

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