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Fire chief requests fire marshal position, additional staffing; court reviews pumper deliveries and ISO rating improvement
Summary
Scott County Fire Department asked the fiscal court May 2 to add a fire marshal position to allow proactive inspections, investigations and preplanning; the court also discussed adding firefighter FTEs, pending pumper deliveries, and a recent ISO rating improvement.
Scott County Fire Department leaders told the fiscal court May 2 that adding a dedicated fire marshal would let the department move from primarily reactive work to a proactive approach on inspections, investigations and preplanning.
"Those responsibilities that that position would, oversee are there. The issue... is the time to dedicate to those responsibilities," Chief John Ward told the court, explaining that existing prevention work absorbs time from assistant chiefs and that a dedicated position would enable regular commercial and school…
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