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Part III: Linden fire chief seeks a few more firefighters

Annual budget: $170,810 Structure fires in 2020: 1 Mutual aid to other fire departments in 2020: 47 Auto crashes in 2020: 4 Average response time for tier 1 medical: 5 minutes Average response time for tier 2 medical: Linden does not respond to tier 2 medicals unless there is no ambulance available Average response time for structure fire in city: 5 minutes Average pay for firefighter: $17.86 per hour when called upon Do you need more firefighters?  “Yes. We can always use more firefighters to get trained and help with calls. Currently we have 22 (includes officers) but we would like to have 25 on our roster,” Wills said. Do you have enough equipment?  “Currently, we do not lack the essential equipment for both medical and fire related calls,” he said. “The issue arises when we need to replace existing equipment that either gets worn out or expires. A cost for a set of bunker gear runs around $3,000 per firefighter. Our air packs now are

One year after change, fire departments respond to fewer medical calls

 It’s been more than a year since Genesee County 911 implemented a rule that changed how fire departments are called to Tier 1 medical alerts.  This rule, voted in unanimously by the Genesee County Medical Control Authority (GCMCA) and which went into effect in October 2019, means that in Tier 1 medical emergencies, if an ambulance is within eight miles, then the municipal fire department is not called to respond. This was implemented to make dispatching services more consistent.  Tier 1 medical emergencies are urgent and typically involve heart or breathing problems. Since the change went into effect, local fire departments have responded to fewer medical calls.

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