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Elkhart fire chief wins board approval for overhead door directive after citing safety and repair costs
Summary
The Board of Public Safety approved a directive for fire station overhead doors after the fire chief described repeated damage and costs from doors left partially open; the policy ties discipline to damage reports and not solely to noncompliance.
The Elkhart City Board of Public Safety on Sept. 9 approved a directive requiring proper use of fire station overhead doors and authorized the chief to sign the directive on the board's behalf.
The fire chief said the directive is aimed at ending a long-standing practice of leaving bay doors partially open, which has led to repeated mechanical damage over the…
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