Increasing staffing level at fire department discussed by town council
A concerned citizen is asking town council to consider increasing the size of the La Ronge Regional Fire Department.
In a letter sent to council, resident Jared Richard wrote it might be time to look at establishing a full-time fire department in the tri-communities. He explained the number of calls has been steadily increasing and that other places such as Weyburn have fewer calls, but more firefighters on staff.
For instance, he noted Weyburn has a fire chief, deputy chief, four full-time firefighters and 32 paid on-call firefighters. Weyburn has a population of 11,000, while the tri-communities sit around 6,000.
“Granted we do have additional seasonal firefighters, which shows we are already moving in that direction,” Richards wrote.