Middletown’s New Fire Chief Aims to Boost Volunteer Force

Published on January 3, 2024

Middletown’s newly appointed fire chief, Robert Brady, said his top priority is strengthening the department’s volunteer firefighter force through recruitment and retention. “I want to see this fire department thrive,” Mr. Brady told The Epoch Times shortly after being sworn in by Mayor Joseph DeStefano at City Hall on Jan. 3. “If the volunteers stop showing up, what do we have to do? We have to become a fully paid fire department like the City of Newburgh, and that would be very expensive.” The City of Middletown Fire Department has long deployed a hybrid force of paid career firefighters and volunteers, a unique model that guarantees quick emergency responses while saving taxpayer money....

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