By Seth Koenig
The Bangor Daily News
PORTLAND, Maine — A nearly 500-page report released Wednesday afternoon found that Maine’s largest city has a larger and more costly fire department than other comparable cities, but cautions the public not to conclude the staff is bloated as a result.
The department-wide audit took place over the course of three months. The resultant report studies every aspect of the organization and catalogues all department payroll, property and equipment. Jerome LaMoria started work as Portland’s fire chief in early January, just two weeks before the review team from Maryland-based consulting firm Public Safety Solutions Inc. began conducting its research.
“The big nugget is that it’s a very big report. There’s a lot of information to it,” LaMoria told the BDN Wednesday evening. “We’re just now having the opportunity to sit down, study it, get to know it, and make some action items.”
Full story: Portland Fire Department is large and costly, but not necessarily inefficient, 500-page report says