FIRE CHIEF TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ABOUT COMMAND STAFF SHORTAGE

  

The Brenham City Council will hold a work session Thursday with Fire Chief Ricky Boeker.  In a memo to the council, Chief Boeker says that the department is facing a critical shortage of Command Staff.  Several retirements and resignations have left the Brenham Fire Department with fewer command level personal to respond to fires and rescues.  With the recent retirements of the Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal and the Deputy Fire Marshal, Boeker says that it is time to reconsider those positions and responsibilities.   He says he is planning on hiring a Fire Marshal and separating that position from the Deputy Chief.  Chief Boeker plans on creating the position of Assistant Fire Chief and keeping it separate from the Fire Marshals position.  He states that the city would be better served by keeping the positions separate.  The city council meets Thursday at 1PM on the second floor of City Hall.