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Big Rapids moves to add full-time administrative fire captain to handle daytime calls and inspections
Summary
City staff described a new 40-hour administrative fire captain position budgeted in the current year to handle daytime calls, inspections and administrative duties; commissioners asked about collective-bargaining status and staffing impacts.
Big Rapids — The City Commission heard an informational update on a planned administrative fire captain position that the fire department intends to add to its full-time roster.
Fire Chief Steve Schroeder told the commission the administrative fire captain would be a 40-hour-per-week position with daytime hours, “mainly working daytime staff hours, which also is the busiest time statistically for us for calls.” Schroeder said the role would provide administrative support to the chief, perform fire-inspection and code-enforcement work in coordination with community development and still be able to “go…
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