Column: Doing more with less - Fire department budgets, fiscal responsibility

  • Source: FireRescue1.com
  • Published: 08/14/2018 12:00 AM

How often do we hear the phrase “do more with less?” Some agencies are able to find some efficiency and maintain services with less, but agencies can rarely actually improve services with less service capacity. However, at the heart of this slogan is the understanding that service expectations continue to expand along with fiscal constraints. Several factors contribute to the competing positions of fiscal stewardship and expanding expectations: Understanding of public safety service budgeting and the proportion of discretionary spending capacity. The fiscal constraints placed on revenue generation by many states and local governing bodies. The accurate understanding of how expectations for service may be derived.



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