Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Consultants tell Hudson council a 24/7 four-person engine and a second station would cut response times but cost millions
Summary
A K2M/Matrix study presented Jan. 28 recommended a hybrid staffing model to run a 24/7, four-person fire engine and a second station near 7300 Darrow Road to reduce response times; consultants estimated about $1.2 million in first-year staffing costs plus $300,000 in immediate facility repairs and $15–20 million to build a new station.
Consultants hired to study Hudson’s Fire and EMS operations told the City Council on Jan. 28 that moving to a staffed engine company and adding a second station would reduce emergency response times but would require large recurring and capital budgets.
“We're trying to offer up recommendations to decrease emergency services response times for fire and EMS,” said Vaughn Miller of K2M Design, outlining the study’s three parts: a facility-condition assessment, a staffing analysis and a conceptual design for a new station. Robert Finn of Matrix Consulting, who led the staffing and performance assessment, said the study corrected anomalies in dispatch data before measuring performance and recommended using 90th-percentile response metrics.
The consultants reported call-processing and turnout times that exceed industry best practices. Finn said the…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
