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Edmond says fire department is understaffed but daily coverage maintained
Summary
Fire leadership reported six vacancies and multiple recent resignations but told council there have been no gaps in daily emergency coverage; two firefighter‑paramedic hires are nearing conditional offers and staff aim to have new hires on duty by Jan. 1.
The city’s fire leadership told the Edmond City Council that the fire department has seen several recent departures and currently has six vacancies, but insisted that daily emergency coverage remains intact.
During a staff report covering Oct. 16–Dec. 9 activity, the chief reported a total of 207 incidents in the period and an average response time of 4 minutes 36 seconds from dispatch to on‑scene. The chief said mutual‑aid exchanges occurred and listed incident types including medical…
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