From the Professional Fire Fighters of Londonderry Local 3160 Facebook page
Working Fire Transmitted on the orders of Derry Ladder 3
**Due to a budget freeze enacted by the Town Manager we are operating in drop down mode, meaning our response was significantly diminished as only Engine 1 & the Battalion Chief were available**
We have been dropping down since January 27th, our union leadership and department leadership met with the town finance director and the town manager and we were advised this was a measure to get the town budget “back on track” and would be reevaluated constantly with a target goal of 3/1 to have us back operating normally. Public safety is so unique and so manpower dependent that even dropping one person per shift completely changes the entire function of a department and significantly increases the risk to both the responder and the public.
Professional Fire Fighters of Londonderry Local 3160, 3/30/2024
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