Fire chief asks Montclair council for 13 more firefighters
Citing a need to boost the Montclair Fire Department's ranks to pre-pandemic numbers, Chief John Herrmann came before the Township Council on Tuesd...
Citing a need to boost the Montclair Fire Department's ranks to pre-pandemic numbers, Chief John Herrmann came before the Township Council on Tuesday night, Jan. 24, with a request to increase the department's budget by more than 17 percent.The chief's call for the hiring of 13 additional firefighters, a training officer and an office worker would bring the number of fire personnel to 91, two more than the department employed before the town's fiscal realities were upended by COVID-19.'We've been consistent in our request for staffing for years,' Herrmann said, adding that more firefighters create safer conditions for the entire force.