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Waynesville council approves fire‑department reclassifications after department cites high incident overlap

Town of Waynesville Town Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Council approved reclassifying four engineer positions to shift lieutenants to improve supervision after fire staff presented incident‑overlap data showing call volumes frequently exceed national thresholds for adding units.

The Waynesville council approved a request from the fire department to reclassify four engineer positions to create shift lieutenants, a change staff said will improve supervision and operational performance during periods of high call overlap.

Assistant Fire Chief Teddy Barton described incident overlap (multiple…

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