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Fire chief asks council to add 40-hour deputy chief post as calls surge
Summary
The fire chief told the council the department’s annual call volume rose from about 500–600 calls two decades ago to roughly 3,000 now and requested a full-time deputy chief to handle administrative work and long-term planning; the council placed the personnel request on the regular agenda for budget committee review.
Lincoln’s fire chief described a substantial rise in calls and said the department needs an administrative, 40-hour deputy chief to handle planning and non-emergency work.
The chief told the committee he began in February and has seen call volumes grow from “between 5 and 600 calls a year”…
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