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Fire prevention staff drop from four to two, officials say inspections and education reduced amid growth
Summary
Fire prevention staff told officials that inspections and public education have fallen as Flagstaff grows: presenters said the city has more than 3,500 businesses, roughly 150 special-event permit inspections this year, and that prevention staffing fell from four pre-recession to two inspectors.
Al Guedem, who led the fire prevention portion of the briefing, said prevention work focuses on plan review, occupancy inspections and public education and highlighted how staffing reductions have reduced proactive activity.
‘‘What Fire Prevention does is they focus a lot on construction, new construction, remodels...we have over 3,500 businesses in town,’’ Al Guedem said, describing risk-tiered inspection cycles (high-risk…
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