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Fall River fire chief outlines hiring plan to ease overtime, city approves capital funds for engines
Summary
Chief Jeffrey Bacon told councilors the department expects new hires and a joint academy to ease overtime; council approved $1.23 million for fire capital (including a used 2014 pumper) and discussed long lead times for new apparatus and a future SAFER grant application.
Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon told the council on Feb. 10 that the department expects to relieve excessive overtime by bringing new firefighters onto the roster and running a joint recruit academy with neighboring communities.
Bacon said eight recruits are taking the civil-service physical-ability test and additional candidates from civil-service lists will be interviewed with the goal of placing new firefighters on the street this spring and into the summer. The city will run a joint academy split between New…
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