Missoula Fire Department Prepares Proposal On Personnel Shortage

Missoula Fire Department Prepares Proposal On Personnel Shortage Last year, missoula’s city council pulled a levy from the ballot due to concerns of adding stress to taxpayers. it would have provided around $7 million to the department. the fire department. With each passing year, missoula fire department officials say it’s getting harder and harder to serve the city with the tools the department currently has. the department has been facing challenges for the last few years, including a larger service area, a bigger population to help and no increase in personnel.

Missoula Fire Department Seeks Increased Personnel Through Mill Levy Missoula, mont. — missoula’s fire department will have a large financial “cushion” to expand its infrastructure after the federal government awarded the city a $7 million grant, which comes. For the last few months, station 4 has been busier than usual, training a new unit of firefighters hired by the city to help staff a soon to be built sixth fire station. The missoula city council has approved a plan for the missoula fire department to construct a new temporary dormitory and maintenance space to accommodate the department's growing staff and equipment needs. With each passing year, missoula fire department officials say it’s getting harder and harder to serve the city with the tools the department currently has.

Missoula Fire Department Seeks Increased Personnel Through Mill Levy The missoula city council has approved a plan for the missoula fire department to construct a new temporary dormitory and maintenance space to accommodate the department's growing staff and equipment needs. With each passing year, missoula fire department officials say it’s getting harder and harder to serve the city with the tools the department currently has. Missoula city council forwards levy to grow the fire department and fund the mobile support team. missoula fire department headquarters, located downtown on pine street, is one of the city’s busiest stations, said fire chief gordy hughes. Earlier this month, the missoula firefighters union issued a request to the city of missoula asking officials to reconsider running a levy to bolster fire department funding. The missoula fire department will allow firefighters to live farther from city limits in hopes of giving staff more lifestyle flexibility and improving recruitment. The missoula firefighter's union would like city officials to immediately re consider running a ballot measure to provide necessary funding in order for firefighters to able to respond quickly and effectively at a level the citizens of missoula expect and deserve.