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Fire chief seeks dedicated training role to expand prehospital capabilities; city staff say mutual‑aid billing roughly offsets runs
Summary
Fire Chief Bill McClellan asked the council to fund a new training position to expand prehospital capabilities, manage commercial driver's license training and help with succession planning; staff noted mutual‑aid runs typically bill and roughly break even for the city.
Fire Chief Bill McClellan presented a proposal for a dedicated training position in the fire department at the May 28 work session, telling councilors the role would “increase our prehospital capabilities” and allow the department to implement advanced prehospital care and training partnerships with hospitals and the Department of Transportation.
McClellan said the position would support advanced interventions such…
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