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1940-Today |
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1940-Today History of EMS |
By 1943, Chief
Czine, along with Charles Bercier, James Kenny and Ed
Kowalski went off to fight World War II. Henry Bronsord
became the Acting Chief and along with the Call Man
System, kept the Department going until after the War. A
few men were added through the late 1940's and in 1948,
the workweek was shortened to 72 a week The men worked
one week day and one week nights. They had every other
weekend off. The weekly pay at that time was $56. When
the Town and Borough consolidated in 1957, the Department
was restructured and more men were added. The workweek
was shortened to 56 hours. The rank structure at that
time was: Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, (3) Assistant Chiefs,
(2) Captains, and (6) Lieutenants. In 1965, the department hired five additional men and the workweek dropped to 48 hours-three days, three nights, three days off. The rank structure and hours changed again in 1972. The rank of Deputy Chief was eliminated as well as one of the Assistant Chief positions. The workweek was reduced to 42 hours and the 44-man department started the current schedule of two days of 10 hours, two nights of 14 hours and four days off. In 1991, one Assistant Chief rank changed to Deputy Chief. In 1999, four new Lieutenant positions were created to increase span of control. The Lieutenant was assigned to the Truck Company bringing the Truck Company manning to three men. |
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