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Fire Department presents FY26 budget and expands mobile integrated health teams
Summary
Fire Chief Richard Kelly presented the department's FY26 proposal, which includes a reduction of staffing on one engine company, investment in station remodels and IT funded by a proposed fire sales tax increase, and formalizing four Mobile Integrated Health positions added mid‑year.
Chief Richard Kelly presented the Fire Department—Y26 budget and described operational metrics and new and ongoing programs, including the Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) program.
Kelly said the department would present a modest overall increase driven by personnel roll-ups and investments in facilities and technology. He said the proposal includes deletion of 15 positions associated with Engine 51 (a double-house engine at Station 1) and described that as a reduction in staffed apparatus; he said "there will be no firefighters that are losing their jobs" and that the department would absorb the positions internally and work to restore the…
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