Council prioritizes adding an ambulance for central Laredo after fire chief’s budget briefing
Fire Chief Guillermo Hur asked council to reallocate approved cadet FTEs to activate an ambulance for central Laredo this summer; council voted to prioritize the chief's recommendation and the motion passed with one recorded opposed. The chief outlined staffing, call volumes and an EMS-billing revenue projection of about $7 million.
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Fire Chief Guillermo Hur presented the department's FY proposal and described staffing and call volumes across the city. "Currently, right now, we have 419 firefighters... We have 51 cadets... So that gives us a total of 492 FTEs," Hur said as he reviewed the department's workforce and planned activations.
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