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East Bethel council approves daytime duty crew, promotion and call‑type changes for fire department
Summary
Council voted to shift to a daytime duty‑crew model, promote a fire inspector to deputy chief pay scale and reduce non‑emergent medical responses; staff said the change reallocates existing budget lines and aims to improve firefighter and public safety.
The East Bethel City Council on April 28 approved a package of changes to the city’s fire service that moves the department toward a daytime duty‑crew model, reclassifies the current fire inspector to a deputy‑chief pay schedule and reduces responses to non‑emergent medical calls.
City staff presented the proposals as a set of three linked changes intended to improve daytime staffing and firefighter safety while keeping the city’s levy unchanged. Acting Fire Department staff member Jerry Scribe said the goal is to “balance out the volunteer model so we can hold this model as long as possible.”
The council’s motion, described at the meeting as a combined approval of (1) establishing a duty crew for daytime hours, (2) transitioning the…
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