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Duchesne County COG approves three-year renewal of custom fire protection agreement, raises certified firefighter pay
Summary
Members of the Duchesne County Council of Governments voted to approve a three-year renewal of a custom fire protection agreement that aligns EMS and fire boundaries, sets a 2.5% increase in payments, and raises certified firefighter pay to $25 an hour; the county retains authority to assume command of large incidents under narrow circumstances.
Duchesne County Council of Governments members voted to approve a three-year renewal of a custom fire protection agreement that updates boundary maps, raises pay for certified firefighters and clarifies county incident-command authority in catastrophic events.
The agreement, which members discussed at length before the vote, proposes a 2.5% increase in the contract renewal, sets certified firefighter pay at $25 per hour and retains noncertified pay at $15 per hour. The council also added provisions to align EMS and fire district boundaries, tighten reporting when apparatus are taken out of service, and require quicker billing and payment timelines.
Speaker 3 (staff member), who presented the draft renewal, said the boundary alignment would create “efficiencies” and make dispatching simpler: “There's just some efficiencies that we haven't been able to really realize. We've had a different boundary for EMS than we have in fire.” The presenter said aligning the…
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