Long Range Staffing Presentation - Summer 2022 - Click Here
2024-2026 Long Range Planning Meeting - 20221110 - Click Here
LCFR Staffing Request 2022 (updated 20221031) - Click Here
LCFR 2024-2026 Long-Range Staffing and Operations Plan (updated 20221101) - Click Here
Wisconsin Office of Rural Health - “The Reliability of Wisconsin’s 911 Ambulance Response” - Click Here
Supporting Documents:
1. The Wisconsin Taxpayer, WI Policy Forum (September 2021) - “In Need of Resuscitation? Wisconsin’s fire and EMS agencies face looming challenges” - Click Here
2. Elite Command Training “Fire Departments are response models, not production models” (January 1, 2017) - Click Here
3. The Municipality (October 2021) - “Is it Time for a Statewide Fire & EMS Response?” - Click Here
4. The Municipality (January 2022) - “Wisconsin’s System for Paying for Local Government is Broken. The State Legislature Needs to Find Ways to Fix That” - Click Here
5. Lake Country Now (June 15, 2022) - “Fire Departments Face ‘Dire” Staffing Levels” - Click Here
6. The Lakeland Times (July 15, 2022) - “Former lawmakers call for legislative task force on volunteer firefighters” - Click Here
7. Oshkosh Northwestern (January 20, 2022) - “It’s getting tougher for volunteer fire departments in Wisconsin to find firefighters. That has an effect on the communities they serve.” - Click Here
8. Richfield Volunteer Fire Company (2022, unknown date) - Fire Chief Tony Burgard - Letter to the Community - Click Here
9. City of Delafield Special Common Council Meeting (September 12, 2022) - Click Here
10. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (September 16, 2022) - “Lake Country Fire & Rescue asks municipalities to help address staffing shortages” - Click Here
11. International Firefighter (October 12, 2018) - “The decline of the suburban American paid-on-call fire service” - Click Here
12. Fox 6 News Milwaukee (November 10, 2022) - “Lake Country Fire & Rescue staffing shortages, Chief presents plan” - Click Here
13. Fox 6 News Milwaukee (November 16, 2022) - “Plane crash, baby delivery, fire and more keep fire department busy” - Click Here
14. Fox 6 News Milwaukee (January 3, 2023) - “Lake Country Fire staffing crisis, April referendum seeks funds” - Click Here
15. CBS 58 News Milwaukee (January 5, 2023) - “Lake Country Fire & Rescue looks to move to all full-time employees by 2026” - Click Here
16. ABC 12 WISN News Milwaukee (February 8, 2023) - “‘The difference between life and death': Lake Country Fire and Rescue funding crisis” - Click Here
17. CBS 58 WDJT News Milwaukee (February 8, 2023) - “Lake Country Fire & Rescue in need of more state funds, response time increases 34% due to staffing” - Click Here
18. Lake Mills Leader (February 10, 2023) - “'We have no other options': Wisconsin seeks solutions to EMS and fire dilemma” - Click Here
19. Waukesha Freeman (March 7, 2023) - “LCFR to attend a listening session hosted by Senator Chris Kapenga - Looking to have conversations regarding the Wisconsin public safety staffing crisis background” - Click Here
20. Waukesha Freeman (March 21, 2023) - “Town of Delafield referendum seeks more money to pay for fire service” - Click Here
21. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (March 21, 2023) - “Here’s what to know about the Town and City of Delafield’s fire services referendums” - Click Here
22. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (June 1, 2023) - “Suburban Milwaukee communities are running out of money. This bill could help, but is it enough?” - Click Here