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Fire chief seeks new hires, ambulance and mutual-aid participation as calls surge
Summary
Fire Chief Warner told council at the July 24 budget workshop that Keene's call volume has been rising and the department plans to add personnel next year to reduce chronic understaffing.
Fire Chief Warner told council at the July 24 budget workshop that Keene's call volume has been rising and the department plans to add personnel next year to reduce chronic understaffing. "Our current staffing levels, we have 4 a day," Warner said, and he cited National Fire Protection Association standard NFPA 1710 as the benchmark indicating the city should have about six per day. "So we've always been understaffed," he said.
Warner presented call-volume figures that show a rising…
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