The head of the city's fire union said many firefighters feel the city has offered few solutions to increased emergency calls, protections from COVID, and a...
“A lot of what the survey shows is a culmination of two years of incredible stress on our members who have gone above and beyond for this city and feeling like they have very little support,” McDade said.
The number who say bosses do care rose significantly when it came to lower levels of management such as deputy chiefs , battalion chiefs and fire station officers . The survey found 95% of firefighters believed their peers cared about their wellbeing. He said the department is looking into hiring dedicated paramedics to work during high-call periods to help add staff. The department only has paramedics who also are firefighters and rotate on ambulance duty.
He mentioned as examples the department holding informal meetings to get input from workers on how the agency responds and dispatches to calls, and said the city is planning to hire staff psychologists for the fire department and stationing them in office space not owned by the city.
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