adolce@observertoday.com
Age is becoming an issue for a number of Fire Departments, David Hazelton told the Brocton board.
P-J file photo
BROCTON Former village mayor and emergency medical technician responder David Hazelton brought a relatively pressing problem to the board’s attention: The current ages and contributions of the members of the Brocton Fire Department.
Hazelton became curious as to the number of firefighters currently listed on the staff for the Brocton Fire Department, and decided to do some research into it. Hazelton found that there were 33 firefighters on the list, but the actual number that respond to calls is actually only 24. Of those 24 people, four more only responded to less than 10 calls over the last 15 months, dropping the real number of active members to 20. On top of the fire department not having a lot of manpower, the ages of the people that do respond are more troubling.
adolce@observertoday.com
Age is becoming an issue for a number of Fire Departments, David Hazelton told the Brocton board.
OBSERVER File Photo
BROCTON Former village mayor and emergency medical technician responder David Hazelton brought a relatively pressing problem to the board’s attention: The current ages and contributions of the members of the Brocton Fire Department.
Hazelton became curious as to the number of firefighters currently listed on the staff for the Brocton Fire Department, and decided to do some research into it. Hazelton found that there were 33 firefighters on the list, but the actual number that respond to calls is actually only 24. Of those 24 people, four more only responded to less than 10 calls over the last 15 months, dropping the real number of active members to 20. On top of the fire department not having a lot of manpower, the ages of the people that do respond are more troubling.
Apr 15, 2021
The Chautauqua County Department of Public Facilities has announced its schedule for planned road and bridge work this year.
Work includes bridge/culvert replacements and rehabilitation, drainage projects, general maintenance, surface treating projects, and paving. Funding comes from a variety of sources, including the New York State Consolidated Highway Improvement Program, PAVE-NY, the Federal government and Chautauqua County.
“This will be a busy construction season as projects that were deferred from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being scheduled in addition to the required projects this year,” said Brad Bentley, public facilities director. “With the additional funding that is expected from the New York State budget, the department is prepared to complete additional road and bridge projects as we progress through the construction plans this year. The department provides the administration, planning, maintenance, construction management and tec
Chautauqua County Releases List of 2021 Road and Bridge Work
Chautauqua County will be paving 22 miles of county roads and rehabilitating or replacing over 18 bridges as part of the 2021 construction program. County Executive
PJ Wendel and County Public Facilities Director
Brad Bentley said this year’s program makes use of County forces, contracted labor, and shared services.
Wendel said $4-point-5 million dollars is budgeted for county highway and bridge capital work under the CHIPS and PAVE NY programs, with the County expecting to receive an additional $2-point-1 million dollars as part of funding increases to CHIPS, PAVE NY, and Extreme Weather Programs from the most recent New York State budget.
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