Following an evening of extensive discussion with Delphos Fire & Rescue, Delphos City Council voted in favor by a 4-to-3 vote for the city's fire department to accept "The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant" or the SAFER Grant.
DELPHOS, OH (WLIO) -Â The Delphos Firefighters Local 686 have received the green light from city administration to accept a large grant aimed to increasing personnel numbers.
Following an evening of extensive discussion with Delphos Fire & Rescue, Delphos City Council voted in favor by a 4-to-3 vote for the city's fire department to accept "The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant" or the SAFER Grant. The little over $1.8 million grant will provide Delphos Fire & Rescue funding to add six new full-time personnel over a 3-year time period. After council's approval, Delphos Fire personnel spoke with us on what this means for their department.
After council's approval, Delphos Fire personnel spoke with us on what this means for their department.
"With the approval of this, we have an aging department just like any department around... having these additional people would help us staff the medic units because majority of our calls are EMS calls. It's mainly to cut down on the overtime; that way, when you do have those back-to-back calls, you have people in town to respond to them right away. It is not going to completely cut the overtime, but it's going to drastically help," says Ryan Shumaker, Union President & Firefighter/Advanced EMT, Delphos Fire & Rescue.
Six new full-time personnel would double current manpower for Delphos Fire & Rescue.
Six new full-time personnel would double current manpower for Delphos Fire & Rescue.
