Even though 21 new recruits will graduate from the current academy in May, the need for firefighters remmains.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Anchorage Fire Department is currently holding an academy that expects to graduate 21 people in May. According to Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd, 18 of the positions are new — and fully funded by a $9 million federal grant designed to help departments beef up their staffing levels.
The current academy will leave the department fully staffed — but not for long. Boyd said a large number of retirees are expected to bring numbers down before the end of the year. Which is why the department will hold a second academy, most likely in September. Boyd said they are hoping to maintain the 18 new positions the federal government is willing to pay for. If successful, he said, it should allow the department to rely less on overtime to fill vacancies and avoid the rolling closures of 2022 that were an effort to cut back on overtime.
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