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Waynesville council approves fire-department reclassification to address 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 add supervisory coverage after staff presented data showing incident overlap well above a 10% threshold used to justify adding supervisory capacity.
The Town of Waynesville approved a staffing reclassification for the fire department after leadership described rising incident overlap and operational strain.
Assistant Fire Chief Teddy Barton told the council that incident overlap — when one response is still active as another call…
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