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Fire supervisor briefs commissioners on 2025 calls, stipend program and mutual-aid deployments
Summary
Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes updated the board on 2025 call activity, a firefighter stipend program, equipment replacement planning, staffing at St. George Fire (Fire 10), and recent mutual-aid responses including a March 12 Marshal County response and a Feb. 18 state deployment.
Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes provided an overview of 2025 activity for county fire services, including call volumes, an equipment replacement plan and a firefighter stipend program intended to support retention. He reviewed staffing at St. George Fire (Fire 10), radio hours, burn permits and spring fire-weather predictions, and introduced Ben Meyer from St. George Fire #10.
Barnes also recounted mutual-aid responses: a Marshal County response on March 12 and a state deployment to western Kansas on Feb. 18. The minutes record program-level details (stipend program and replacement planning) but do not list stipend amounts, exact call counts for 2025, or timelines for equipment replacement; those quantitative details were not specified in the minutes.
Commissioners heard the update and did not record further action during the meeting; Public Works and Fire staff will continue implementation and planning as part of routine operations.
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