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Fire chief asks council for ladder truck, new station and six firefighters as city expands
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Georgetown Fire Chief Tim Thompson urged council to fund a new ladder apparatus, a fourth station and six additional firefighters, citing rising call volumes, aging apparatus and areas of the city outside the department’s 4-minute response target.
Georgetown Fire Chief Tim Thompson outlined staffing and equipment shortfalls April 28 as city growth stretches the department's coverage. Thompson told council the department has doubled local population since 2007 while call volumes have grown faster, and he repeated long-standing recommendations for apparatus replacement, a new fire station and added personnel.
“We are doing more with less,” Thompson said, citing a near 2.5-fold rise in calls compared with 2007 levels and increases in complex incidents including…
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