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Fire Department budget tops $400 million; Corso highlights hiring, equipment and capital plans
Summary
Director Mark Corso briefed the Commission on the mayor's proposed budget, which he said exceeds $401 million for the department, with roughly 88–89% of spending for salaries and benefits. Corso highlighted planned hiring academies, equipment replacement increases, expansion of the QRV pilot and capital and bond-related facility work.
Director Mark Corso told the Fire Commission the mayor’s proposed budget for fiscal 2018–19 puts the department’s two‑year ledger above $401 million and emphasizes hiring and equipment replacement.
"Eighteen‑nineteen is the first year that the department has eclipsed 400,000,000 as total budget," Corso said, and he noted that roughly 88–89% of the department’s expenditures are salary and benefits.
Corso outlined three major initiatives driving increases: continuation of the public‑safety hiring plan with multiple firefighter and EMT/paramedic academies; a multiyear equipment fleet…
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