The town of Fort Frances is downsizing its fire department. The number of full-time firefighters will drop from eight to six Fire Chief Frank Sheppard says the department is also moving to a platoon-style deployment model. "Rather than an overall response, it will be more of a reasoned response," says Sheppard. "For example, if there was a vehicle accident, there would be far fewer people responding to that initially." Sheppard says the change gives firefighters the ability to upgrade manpower and resources as needed.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Fire Department Changes
The town of Fort Frances is downsizing its fire department. The number of full-time firefighters will drop from eight to six Fire Chief Frank Sheppard says the department is also moving to a platoon-style deployment model. "Rather than an overall response, it will be more of a reasoned response," says Sheppard. "For example, if there was a vehicle accident, there would be far fewer people responding to that initially." Sheppard says the change gives firefighters the ability to upgrade manpower and resources as needed.
