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Fire leadership outlines retention, equipment and long-term planning needs
Summary
Fire department leaders described recruitment and retention challenges, long lead times and high costs for apparatus, a strategic plan for 2024–2028 and new programs including a cadet program and paramedic training support for staff.
Fire department leadership presented the department's strategic plan and described recruitment, retention and apparatus funding challenges to the Public Safety Committee.
Leaders said the department operates three shifts using a 48/96 schedule and that turnover among chiefs and other leaders has created instability; they noted roughly 11 chiefs in 19 years as context for retention efforts. The department reported it ran 2,980 calls last year and averages between six and 10 EMS calls per day. Fire leadership said recruitment and retention are constrained by competition from larger…
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