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Dallas fire and EMS report staffing shortfalls, volunteer recruitment and wildfire deployment
Summary
A Fire/EMS representative said the department is down one full‑time position, will recruit for a firefighter‑paramedic in September, received a $35,000 OSFM summer staffing grant, and has staff deployed to the Flat Fire; six volunteer recruits will begin academy training in October.
A Fire/EMS representative told the Public Safety Committee the department is operating short one full‑time firefighter/paramedic and plans to open recruitment in September.
"We are still currently down 1 position. We will be looking at, starting a recruitment for a firefighter paramedic in September," the speaker said, adding the department currently has 15 full‑time firefighter‑paramedic EMTs, 19 part‑time firefighter‑paramedics and two positions…
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