The city of Phoenix city set aside $8 million to hire 58 new firefighters, and it comes after the department's busiest year on record, responding to more than 400,000 calls. That's 20,000 more than the year before.
city set aside $8 million to hire 58 new firefighters, and it comes after the department's busiest year on record, responding to more than 400,000 calls.The busiest station of all – station 7 in Sunnyslope – answering nearly 6,000 calls for help in 2022.
From medical emergencies, and car crashes, to house fires. They're doing it with one fire truck and one ambulance.Dustin Smith has been at station 7 for just under three years. What drew him to the career of saving lives? "For me, it’s mainly just the experience of being able to serve the community, get out there and get hands-on day after day, after day," he said. "Whether it be fire, a medical call, we come here to do this job and serve the community and that's exactly what we get to do.""Station 7 is notorious for being a busy station. So the guys who work here, they sign up to work here, they know what they're getting into when they work here," says Phoenix Fire Capt.
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