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Fire chief urges succession planning, third‑party review as town and board discuss turnover
Summary
Lakeville’s fire chief told the Select Board the department is stabilizing but faces ongoing retention and paramedic staffing challenges; he urged succession planning, increased mentorship and the possible use of an outside operations review to assess staffing needs and improve retention.
Lakeville’s fire chief updated the Select Board on June 24 about department staffing, retention and succession planning and asked the board to consider commissioning an outside operations review to identify staffing, training and policy changes that would improve retention and operational resilience.
The chief described two related retention patterns. Call firefighters typically cycle through service over a few years as they take jobs elsewhere or shift family priorities; that turnover is common and expected. By contrast, the…
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