Michael J. Wozniak: Questions adding positions to S. Hadley Fire District 1 Published: 4/1/2021 11:57:47 AM Attention South Hadley Fire District 1 taxpayers, get ready for an increase in the fire tax. At a Feb. 24 Prudential Committee Meeting, the fire chief proposed adding two additional advance life support paramedics to the Fire Department, bringing the contingent up to 24 full-time positions. While the chief stated that the combined salary of both positions would add $124,590 to the department’s payroll, he did not originally take into consideration the high cost of other ongoing benefits for adding these two positions, as confirmed later by the fire chief and the clerk/treasurer.