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Ben Henry Created: June 01, 2021 10:45 PM
A metro fire department is starting a new chapter with goals of improving its service while instilling life-long firefighters.
The Brooklyn Park Fire Department will graduate the first round of cadets this week since transitioning into a full-time operation.
As a growing city, and seeing how trends have gone in the fire industry, the department’s fire chief said it’s a move that was needed as the ‘volunteer approach’ has been dwindling for years.
“You have duel income families, you have competing priorities outside of work,” Chief John Cunningham said about some of the hurdles to enlisting volunteer firefighters.