EDGERTON FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC SALARY COMPARISON- REQUEST FOR MUNICIPALITY FUNDING SUP
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The high demand for paramedic level personnel coupled with a nationwide shortage of available resources has reached the point where critical decisions need to be made.
While EFPD’s “grow our own” strategy has been effective at helping us hold-our-ground, the regional demand for the paramedic resources we have “grown” is so high, we are losing personnel to neighboring communities at a rate faster than we can grow them.
The root cause is very simple, salary disparity.
The challenge will get tougher as area departments continue to replace retiring personnel and other area communities (facing the same challenges we face) are planning to add full-time staffing:
