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Riverton council keeps four‑person crews at two fire stations after public and council pushback
Summary
After public comment from firefighters and residents, the council voted unanimously to maintain four‑person staffing at Stations 121 and 124, rejecting proposed reductions that would have produced operating savings but raised safety concerns.
Riverton City Council voted unanimously to keep four‑person staffing at Unified Fire Authority stations 121 and 124 after a lengthy work‑session and public comment that highlighted firefighter safety standards and operational impacts.
CFO Tony Hill of Unified Fire presented a staffing and cost model showing that converting both stations from four‑person to three‑person crews would lower operating costs substantially — roughly $800,000 in the current model — while converting a single station would reduce the city’s allocation by roughly $400,000 and could delay the need for a property‑tax increase by an estimated one to two years.
Several public commenters, several of them former or current…
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