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County fire warden describes model to finance operations through deployments and training
Summary
Chad, Albany County fire warden, told commissioners the county’s fire program generates revenue by sponsoring personnel deployments and billing for equipment use on out-of-district incidents; he asked to keep a larger share of administrative fees to cover personnel who process deployments.
Chad, the county fire warden, told Albany County commissioners that his office has built a revenue model that covers a growing share of the department’s operating costs by sponsoring personnel and equipment for wildfire incidents outside the county.
He said the county charges a 5% administrative fee on deployments that it sponsors and historically split the revenue with the general fund (80%/20%). Chad proposed changing the split to 60% general fund / 40% retained by County Fire to cover payroll and…
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