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Belvidere fire chief: 304 responses in 30 days, reporting system moves to NEARIS and ambulance program shows $463,433 net cost
Summary
Fire Chief Jay Schoettle told the Committee of the Whole the department responded to 304 incidents in the past 30 days, the federal reporting system switched from NFIRS to NEARIS (real-time reporting), and ambulance division revenue/expenditures were $947,856 and $1,411,289 respectively, yielding a net cost of $463,433.
Fire Chief Jay Schoettle reported to the committee that the Belvidere Fire Department responded to 304 incidents in the past 30 days and that the federal incident-reporting system used by fire agencies has transitioned from NFIRS to NEARIS.
"In the past 30 days, the fire department has responded to 304 calls," Schoettle said, and explained that NEARIS (the National Emergency Incident Reporting System) provides near-real-time data and has changed some incident-type classifications compared…
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