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ENCLOSURE "B" <br /> <br />Marlinsville Fire Department <br />Personnel Status and Needs <br /> <br /> Currently, Martinsville Fire Department has three shifts that contain <br />(8) firefighters per shift. For the year 2000, daily staffing averaged as <br />follows: <br /> <br />24% <br /> <br />11% <br /> <br />BTwo Personnel Off <br />[] Fu Staffing <br /> <br /> As compared to years 1997, 1998, and 1999, these figures are linear <br />and are representative of a typical year for the department. <br /> <br /> In 1976, the Martinsville Fire Department had (9) firefighters per <br />shift. Due to budgetary constraints, (3) firefighters were eliminated, one <br />from each shift. Additionally, with the EMS Program, firefighters now <br />respond to 400% more calls than previously. Keep in mind that staffing has <br />not increased to compensate for the personnel lost in 1976 nor for the <br />increase in call volume. <br /> <br /> To validate staffing issues, the department was interested in <br />identifying whether the department was actually understaffed or not. As a <br />part of an assignment for the Executive Fire Officer Program through the <br />National Fire Academy, Assistant Chief Monday compiled a 36- page plus <br />report as to departmental staffing. <br /> <br /> <br />