{"id":18028,"date":"2024-07-29T11:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=18028"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:04:38","slug":"decatur-fd-numbers-look-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/decatur-fd-numbers-look-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur FD numbers look strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers are looking strong for the Decatur Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Jeff Sheets recently told city council that he had 10 applicants for a full-time job on the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-29.jpg?resize=272%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-29.jpg?w=272&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-29.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sheets<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That is an unusually high number since recent openings on the department haven&#8217;t drawn nearly that many job seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The applicants were put through aptitude and agility tests as the winnowing process began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department also has strong numbers among paid-on-call volunteers, with the current 25 representing a full staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice among the latest applicants will bring the career firefighter numbers to 10, also a full staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief told the city&#8217;s board of works and safety that he is putting together a training policy, something \u201cthat we never really had that I know of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a policy could help the city get a better insurance rating and therefore gain a better rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board gave its blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The numbers are looking strong for the Decatur Fire Department. Chief Jeff Sheets recently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-18028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}