Fire Chief Would Like to See More Firefighers on Duty in Watertown

The fire staffing has been decreasing for years, and now some trucks remain unmanned.

District A Town Councilor Angeline Kounelis was amazed the day in February when she realized the Watertown Fire Department had to fight a two-alarm fire and a three-alarm fire on the same day. She became upset, however, when she learned one of the town’s two ladder trucks could not help douse the flames because there were not enough firefighters on duty that day. Kounelis said at Tuesday’s Town Council budget hearing that she plans to cast a vote against the Fire Department budget because she said it leaves the department shorthanded. She did the same thing last year. “It’s was a protest vote and I will do it again,” Kounelis said. “Especially when I hear that Ladder 2 (in the East End Fire Station) is out of commission 50 percent of the …

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