City of Rochester Studies Fire Department with Two Citizens on Ad-hoc Study Committee

Bob Yager

RochestreAn ad-hoc study committee has been asked by Rochester City Council to study how to provide future services and funding in light of a “development boom”. Specifically to study –

  • Rescue operations
  • The Department’s structure
  • Response Times
  • Equipment
  • Expectations from the Public

The committee consists of

  • Fire Chief
  • City Manager
  • 1 City Council Member
  • 2 Residents

Calls have risen dramatically –

Year Calls Fire Stations Firefighters / EMS (Paid-on-Call) Budget
2008 520 1 27
2016 1626 1
2017 (estimated total calls)) 1900 1 45 $1,330,000

Rochester is 3.83 square miles in area, about 10.4% of Oakland Township area. Population is estimated in 2016 at 13,017 with a 43% increase in seniors from 2008 to 2016.

Sources of information “Downtown Rochester”, December 2017, pages 35, 46 and Wikipedia census data.

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