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Council approves pilot overtime staffing at busiest fire station; requests quarterly reports
Summary
The council approved a pilot to add overtime-funded workload relief at one of the city's busiest fire stations (Station 9) after debate about response quality and staff fatigue. Fire officials described station 9 as far busier than the city average; council asked for quarterly reporting and broader analysis.
The City Council approved a pilot program on May 21 putting overtime-funded resources into one of the city's busiest fire stations to provide workload relief and reduce fatigue among personnel.
Councilmembers debated why a pilot was being targeted at a single station rather than spread across several busier stations. Fire Department officials said the station (identified in the meeting as one of the busiest) had call volumes well above the city average…
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