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Fire chief asks council to reintroduce ordinance converting three vacant EMO slots to engineer positions
Summary
Fire Chief Barb Huber told council the department ran roughly 26,000 calls last year and is reintroducing an ordinance to convert three vacant EMO positions to engineer positions to improve promotion pipelines and recruitment; staff said the change affects vacant positions and is not a demotion of sitting personnel.
Fire Chief Barb Huber and Human Resources Director Bella Trujillo reported to City Council on fire department staffing levels, call volumes and a proposed ordinance change to better align promotional incentives with recruitment.
Chief Huber said the department operates 11 stations with three shifts and runs about 26,000 calls annually; staff characterized roughly 17,000 as medical calls and more than 2,000 as ALS (advanced life support) calls. The…
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