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Committee reviews ordinance to add one EMS specialist funded from non‑area‑wide balance
Summary
The finance committee heard a staff report on an ordinance to appropriate approximately $16,000 from the non‑area‑wide fund to add one Emergency Operations Specialist FTE in Emergency Operations to increase EMS staffing depth and address backlog projects; staff outlined responsibilities and long-term costs.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Finance Committee reviewed an ordinance to appropriate funds from the non‑area‑wide fund balance to the Emergency Operations Department to fund an additional full-time equivalent position in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) division.
Luke Butcher, director of Emergency Operations, said the position — titled Emergency Operations Specialist in staff materials — is intended to provide continuity while the emergency services manager takes a multi-month military leave and to add longer-term capacity for radio inventory and FCC-licensing work, fire service-area commission support, real-property inventory, mass‑care equipment renewal and development of an active‑shooter policy. Butcher said the EMS division currently has limited dedicated FTEs and the gap has produced a backlog of projects.
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