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Kalispell work session highlights fire and police staffing plans after public-safety levy
Summary
At a Jan. 14 work session, Kalispell Fire Chief Daniel Pierce and Police Chief Jared Gerundicio updated the Planning Commission on staffing, station plans and service goals funded in part by a recently passed public-safety levy and grants.
Kalispell’s fire and police chiefs briefed the Planning Commission on Jan. 14 about current staffing levels, planned hires and station projects following a recently approved public-safety levy.
Fire Chief Daniel Pierce described the Kalispell Fire Department as an “all-hazards” organization that provides fire suppression, ambulance service, technical rescue and hazardous-materials response. He said the department’s call volume has risen from roughly 25,100 calls in an earlier period to about 46,100 calls annually in city limits, that the city’s population has approached 30,000, and that the department currently staffs about 32 suppression personnel across two stations with typical daily on-duty staffing of seven to ten personnel.
Pierce said the levy will fund…
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