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Richland adopts lateral-hire incentives for fire department to attract experienced firefighters
Summary
The Richland City Council unanimously approved a resolution creating a lateral recruitment incentive package for Richland Fire and Emergency Services that includes higher starting step, shortened promotion eligibility, vacation accrual credit and paramedic-debt assistance.
The Richland City Council on July 1 adopted Resolution 2025-99 authorizing a lateral incentive program for Richland Fire and Emergency Services, intended to attract experienced firefighters from other departments.
Deputy Chief Randy Ost described four proposed elements of the program: hiring laterals at the top pay step (changing hires from step E to step F), shortening the department's promotion eligibility for lateral hires from five years to three years, crediting prior service for vacation accrual so laterals do not restart at entry-level leave rates, and reimbursing remaining…
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