The Brigham City Council on Thursday approved a 5,788 amendment to the fiscal year 2022-23 budget in order to fund three additional firefighter/paramedics for the city’s fire department. The amendment came following a presentation given by Fire Chief Brandon Thueson at the last city council meeting, wherein he made a case that the department simply didn’t have enough staff to handle current run rates without calling back off-duty firefighters to the station on a daily basis. “The reason for this amendment is to add additional paramedics into the fire department EMS [emergency medical services] budget,” said the city’s financial director,...

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