BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
In an end-of-year update, the Boise Fire Department came before city council Tuesday to discuss priorities for the public safety agency.
The department is currently pursuing higher staffing for its existing fire engines. An additional firefighter in the department’s three-person crews would align with national standards of four-person crews across a department’s fire engines. To elaborate on the cascading effects of these staffing levels, Boise Fire Chief Mark Niemeyer discussed the current landscape for the department’s fire response…