City firefighters push for staffing and training reforms
In Garden City a panel issued a report on firefighters concerns seeking minimum staffing per shift and improved training including physical testing. Firefighters cite budget limits and call for EMS and fire dept collaboration, while officials debate priorities and volunteer roles amid leadership tensions.
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Dailey
Garden City
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center
Great Bend
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Chanute
Atchison
Manhattan
Leavenworth
Hays
Hutchinson
Leawood
Jamie Martinez
Rick Collins
Shelton
Police Department
Collins
S. Shelton
Dan Wimmer
Wimmer
GCFD
Bob Halloran
Bob
Halloran
Hutchinson Fire Union Palms With City For Good Service
Hutchinson Fire Department maintains a strong union city relationship. Firefighters, numbering about 90 plus, work in seven stations with EMS, covering 105 square miles for 46 400 people and about 3200 annual calls. Management and union discuss wages, health care, clothing allowances, and grievance procedures through annual to biannual negotiations.
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Heim
Shelton
The
Laff
Hutchinson
Forbes
John Deardoff
Firefighters’ Union
Fire Department
Deardoff
Kansas
Hutchinson Fire Department
Garden City
HFD
Hutchinson Fire
Dodge City
Fraternal Order of Police
Chicago
Agency edges toward $500000 goal
The 17 local agencies receiving United Way funding include the American Red Cross Garden City Chapter Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County Boy Scouts of America Santa Fe Trail Council Catholic Social Services Community Day Care Center Family Crisis Services Finney County Retired Senior Volunteer Program Garden City Family YMCA Girl Scouts of the Tumbleweed Council Kansas Children's Service League Head Start Meals on Wheels Russell Child Development Center Salvation Army Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Spirit of the Plains Court-Appointed Special Advocates United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries and United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas.
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United Way
American Red Cross Garden City Chapter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Finney County
Boy Scouts of America
Santa Fe Trial Council
Catholic Social
Finney, County
Garden City Family Ymca
Girl Scouts of the Tumbleweed Council
Kansas Children’s Service League
Meals On Wheels
Russell Child Develop
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