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Fire chiefs ask Santa Rosa County for pay increase to cut response times; board agrees to advance request
Summary
Representatives of multiple local fire departments requested funding to raise firefighter pay to at least the state minimum and to reduce response times. The board gave unanimous consensus to have staff update the departments’ budget request and bring it to a June 23 budget workshop.
Representatives from the county’s MSBU fire departments asked the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners to increase funding so stations can staff shifts more reliably and reduce response times in rapidly growing areas.
Norm Wright, assistant chief of Skyland Fire Rescue, told the board the departments are asking the county to “go $3 a month” — an average residential assessment the chiefs said would fund part-time staffing to reduce response times in sparsely populated areas. Wright said the goal is to bring firefighter pay to at least the incoming Florida minimum wage of $15 an hour for…
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