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Manassas Fire & Rescue reports staffing progress, new DEA licensing and improved EMS metrics
Summary
Fire Chief Mills reported fewer vacancies, expanded training hours, improved EMS performance on stroke and sepsis alerts, and completion of a DEA licensing process that enabled the department’s in-house pharmacy and medication accountability system.
Chief Mills told the council that 2024 brought measurable operational changes for Manassas Fire & Rescue: the department reduced vacancies (to four as of the report), hired 12 personnel and retained volunteers who filled critical gaps. He said training hours rose, school-safety visits are expected to increase in spring, and the department’s overall city response time averaged five minutes and four seconds.
The department highlighted emergency medical performance indicators: 100% compliance for sepsis alerts and stroke…
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