Summary
Seven months after the county Fire Department cut costs by collapsing four battalions into three, local union leaders and volunteers say they want the fourth battalion back - for safety's sake.
At last week's County Council work session, presidents of the firefighters' union and the county Volunteer Firefighters Association said the change has left junior officers handling emergency situations because the seasoned battalion chiefs who would normally issue orders have to traverse larger geographical areas to get to the scene.See the full content of this document
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Firemen: Cuts Are Putting Us in Danger
"On fire grounds or emergency scenes there is a need for that supervision, that seasoned supervision, to be there to look at the big picture," said Craig Oldershaw, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 1563.
Mr. Oldershaw and Craig Harman, county Volun...See the full content of this document
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