The City Council isn’t sure whether to keep its fire department, but decided earlier this month to hire an interim fire chief to replace David Freda, the former Brooksville chief arrested last year on a charge of organized fraud.
At the same meeting, council members discussed what to do about the dwindling number of Brooksville firefighters in the continuing atmosphere of uncertainty. While the fully staffed department would include 18 employees and a chief, it is shy about half a dozen firefighters.
In March, the council considered a proposal from Hernando County Fire Rescue to take over fire service in the city.