Polk County to spend $1.2M to recruit more EMTs, paramedics
To make Polk County a more attractive, competitive place to work, the plan includes an $8,000 sign-on bonus for newly hired paramedics.
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To make Polk County a more attractive, competitive place to work, the plan includes an $8,000 sign-on bonus for newly hired paramedics.
A new firefighter training center, in the works for more than three years, appears to be getting closer to becoming reality.
Polk County officials say a new training home is long-overdue as progress moves forward to open a $14.5 million facility by 2024.
Two of the trucks will replace aging vehicles. The other three will be added to the fleet.
Despite first responders being among the first to gain access to COVID-19 vaccines, they still lag in vaccination rates.