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Fire department seeks three additional positions and a training facility; council asked for trade‑offs
Summary
Fire officials described a shortfall of seven active personnel, requested three additional hires, and proposed a local training facility and burn tower to reduce travel for training and potentially improve insurance‑related ISO ratings; council discussed timing, pay and retention challenges.
The Town of Harrisburg’s fire leadership presented operations and capital priorities at the budget workshop and asked council to weigh staffing and training investments against other budget needs.
A fire department representative (speaker 2) said the department handled about 2,674 calls last year, roughly 2,100 of which were in town, and reported a current personnel shortfall of seven staff (vacancies plus disability), which reduces the…
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