Sustainable Fire Service: A Taxpayer's Perspective on Owen Sound's Path to a Composite Model

Letter to the Editor: Owen Sound resident Jim Hutton makes the case for a composite fire service to serve the city.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,

For more than two decades, the cost of providing fire protection in Owen Sound has risen far faster than population growth and, in many years, inflation. We recently learned that firefighter wages and benefits will soon total $5.5 million annually, placing growing pressure on this communi…