The Daily Herald has another article about to the Barrington Fire Department. This time, the article points to a disagreement between the village and the fire district over staffing.
The village of Barrington has denied a request by the Barrington Fire Protection District for the hiring of seven additional firefighter/paramedics to help serve the district’s larger area surrounding the village.
So fire district trustees Monday came up with a backup suggestion that the village move one person per shift from the fire station in Barrington to the one in Barrington Hills.
“Maybe if the village had one fewer person here (in Barrington), they might see our issue more clearly,” fire district Trustee Tom Long said.
The fire protection district is a separate taxing body serving a 46-square-mile area outside of Barrington. But the district has historically contracted the services of the Barrington Fire Department — inflated to serve the larger area.
The village has recently begun pursuing ideas to find cost savings in its fire protection services, so the fire district’s request could hardly have come at a worse time.
The article goes on to mention a study by the Illinois Fire Chief’s Association which recommends the additional personnel. The entire article can be found HERE
Previous posts about issues concerning the Barrington Fire Department can be found HERE, HERE, and HERE.
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#1 by Scott on January 13, 2012 - 7:52 PM
Go to the Administrative offices and file a Freedom of Information (FOI) request being specific as to what you want. They have to honor it if your just asking for total calls that the FIRE DEPT ran to all jurisdictions they cover.
#2 by Tony on January 12, 2012 - 6:21 PM
ok thanks stay safe
#3 by Daniel Vazzak on January 10, 2012 - 10:54 PM
I work for another department in their MABAS division, so I just know that from talking with their guys. While there is no one area to go get stats for the suburban departments, *most* have their Annual Reports online, which include run numbers, response information, etc. Might have to do some digging through village websites to find them….but they’re usually somewhere.
#4 by Tony on January 10, 2012 - 9:13 PM
daniel where did you find that information, do you know where i can find the total runs of other suburbs?
#5 by Daniel Vazzak on December 20, 2011 - 3:57 PM
They get about 3,000 runs per year, with about 70% of those coming from their Station 1. That station is staffed with 4 usually (2 engine, 2 ambo). The other stations are 3, as a jump between engine/ambo or quint/ambo. If one of the other stations ends up with 4 for a shift, they’ll do 2 engine/2 ambo, or 2 engine/2 quint. If a second station has 4 guys on, they will sometimes pull that man and make a 2nd ambo out of station 1.
#6 by Dan on December 20, 2011 - 2:11 PM
How many calls does Barrington get per year? When you factor that into the area they need to cover, that could help them with their justification to hire a few more. They could at least then compare their manpower to towns with a similar call amount. Didn’t a past post mention that the Barrington Hills station only has 3 on staff?