An outraged group of firefighters told Kirkland City Council members the department is in the midst of a severe staffing crisis. They say some of their colleagues are working 20 days in a row.
Capt. Justin Becker says the last two weeks he’s worked 260 hours straight. Typically, in that same time, he’d have logged only 80.
“I feel like we’re in a staffing crisis of the likes I’ve never seen in my almost 20 years here at the fire department,” said Becker. “When we firefighters … are that sleep-deprived, there’s a tremendous risk to this city of having someone … drive a 60-pound apparatus down the street.”
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