Fire Department Hopes to Boost Numbers

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 08:00 PM

Prince George, B.,C. - The Prince George Fire Department is hoping City Council will approve a budget enhancement request that will add another 7 firefighters to their roster. The additional staff would mean the emergency response rescue truck would be staffed all the time. That request ($245,000) has been set over for discussion at a later date.

The annual budget for 2008 is $12,603,537. Of that amount, $1.158 million can be recouped through revenues for some of the services, so the City would be responsible for $11,445,099.

When it comes to Emergency Measures, the budget for the year ahead is just $12,100 while the costs for dealing with the Nechako ice jam in 2007 topped $1.4 million. Those costs will be covered by the Province.

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Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 08:00 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Chester on February 6 2008 8:37 PM

With an aging fire department, pro-actively hiring replacements is a wise thing to do. The learning curve is much more than 6 months in that job. I have no problem paying more for emergency services. Money well spent in my opinion. Chester

Posted by: Bridge on February 7 2008 9:58 AM

Seems strange that the population of our City has fallen but the frastructure keeps growning.

Cheers

Posted by: Rockin on February 7 2008 2:46 PM

Right on Chester
Lets be proactive on issues of extreme importance.... Lets hope our city leaders feel the same way priorities vs $$$$$ vs upcoming election votes
could be interesting

Posted by: Jim13135 on February 7 2008 4:13 PM

""Seems strange that the population of our City has fallen but the frastructure keeps growning.""

Yes, and new homes and apartments are springing up all over the city...with a falling population???? Maybe the city should conduct it's own census?