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County resident urges higher firefighter pay as fire committee reports six openings

Bradley County Commission · November 25, 2025
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Summary

A former county building official and mother of a Bradley County firefighter urged commissioners to 'honor' firefighters and criticized a remark that compared pay requests to children asking for allowances; commissioners earlier heard the fire committee report there are six open firefighter positions and that a pay/budget plan will be provided before budget season.

A Bradley County resident urged the commission to respect and increase pay for county firefighters and criticized an earlier remark described in the record as comparing firefighters’ pay requests to children asking parents for allowances.

Tina Bishop, identified in the record as a former Bradley…

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