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Sandy Fire Department reports progress implementing management study recommendations; long-term capital costs estimated
Summary
Fire officials told the Sandy City Council they have completed 13 of 30 recommendations from a recent management study and proposed a multi‑year equipment replacement schedule that would average just under $1 million per year to maintain recommended rotation cycles.
Sandy — The Sandy City Council heard a progress update Feb. 4 from the fire department on implementation of a 30‑recommendation management and operations study conducted by Public Consulting Group (PCG).
The presentation, led by Fire Chief Ryan McConaughey, outlined items completed, those in progress, and recommendations the department judged not feasible. "We have completed 13 of those recommendations," McConaughey said, citing ambulance paramedic staffing, a revised staffing matrix, uniform allowances, apparatus replacements and a comprehensive revision of the department's Lexipol policy handbook.
The department said 15 recommendations were operational, 10 administrative and the remainder related to capital. McConaughey said the department reclassified some PCG priorities and labeled recommendations high, medium, low or not feasible. He said…
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