Red Deer Emergency Services to fill some vacancies

Red Deer Emergency Services to fill some vacancies

Red Deer Emergency Services intends to hire a few firefighter paramedics and paramedics to fill job vacancies. Deputy chief Curtis Schaefer said the department wants to hire five firefighter paramedics. About six temporary paramedics are also needed to fill vacancies when workers are on leave. He said the vacancies came about from either retirements or people moving on. Filling those jobs will get staffing back to full strength with 194 fire and…