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Sidney Fire gives annual report
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY The annual presentation on the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services was given during Sidney City Council’s teleconference meeting Monday evening.
Fire Chief Chad Hollinger gave his first overview presentation to council members as fire chief on the department’s 2020 statistics.
The annual report included Sidney Fire’s fire prevention activities, training hours, operation activities, significant events, the incident densities and response times by district.
Hollinger’s report began explaining the numerous personnel changes within the department due to multiple retirements and promotions. Last year, other than the retirement of Fire Chief Brad Jones, Assistant Chief Chris Niswonger, Lt. Rod Dyer, and firefighters Steve O’Meara and Doug Stammen also retired taking with them a total of 144 years of experience, Hollinger said. Sidney Fire only added two firefighters, Josh