Chief Klug: callbacks are voluntary; department met minimum staffing despite variable callback rates
Chief Klug reviewed July fire department activity — a structure fire, building-collapse response, EMS outreach meetings and memorial maintenance — and explained callback statistics are voluntary (no on-call hours), with a minimum daily staffing level of five and an acting-officer qualification of 24 callbacks annually.
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Chief Klug gave the fire department's monthly report for July, detailing a structure fire on Ackerman Road, a building-collapse response, five EMS informational meetings for the public tied to ongoing negotiations with Lincoln County over the ambulance contract, and worker safety upgrades to department training facilities. He also described recent work on the firefighter memorial funded from a dedicated non-lapsing account.
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