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Firefighters press council to set clear response-time standard and staffing; resident urges formal ethics code
Summary
Firefighters and residents used the public-comment period to urge the Town of Normal to clarify its fire/EMS response-time metric and address staffing; a 97-year-old resident also urged council to adopt a formal code of ethics.
Firefighters and residents urged the Town of Normal to set a clear response-time standard for fire and EMS and to address staffing shortages during public comment at the Feb. 16, 2026 council meeting.
Blake Chausse, a member of Normal Firefighters Local 2442, told the council that recent town staff statements citing a six-minute response standard conflict with internal plans that reference the NFPA 1710 four-minute standard. "The town was holding itself to the 4 minutes NFPA 17 10 response standard," Chausse said, and…
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