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Falls Church and Arlington County outline staffing, fee changes in proposed Station 6 fire agreement
Summary
City and Arlington County staff described a proposed update to the 2014 fire and EMS contract that would reflect current staffing at Station 6, share personnel costs 50/50 for 39 positions, and cap city ambulance-fee revenues at $295,000 with excess retained by Arlington County.
Falls Church city staff and Arlington County officials presented council members with details this week on proposed changes to the long‑standing fire and emergency medical services contract that governs operations at Station 6.
City Manager Wyatt Shields and Arlington County Fire Chief David Pavlitz told the council the principal structural shifts before both jurisdictions would: update the contract to reflect the actual number of personnel assigned to Station 6, share the salary-and-benefit cost of those personnel equally, and cap the city’s retained ambulance-transport revenue at $295,000 with future excess retained by Arlington County.
The updated staffing number would move the contract from its current stated count of 33 positions to 39 personnel assigned to Station 6; the city and county would split the full cost of those 39 positions 50‑50. “For the workforce at Station 6, there’s currently 39 firefighters, medics, and…
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