Crime & Safety
Wyandotte Hires Two New Firefighters
Wyandotte city officials accepted a $616,876 federal grant, which paves the way for four new firefighters to be hired for two years.
Two new firefighters are gearing up with the Wyandotte Fire Department thanks to a federal grant allowing city officials to hire four firefighters for two years.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters grant program will provide $351,292 in salaries and an additional $265,584 in benefits for four firefighters, who would work from March 6, 2013 through March 5, 2015.
One of the new firefighters was hired on a probationary two-year period last week using federal funds, while the other was hired for a permanent position to back-fill a position left by a previous firefighter who left the department in 2012.
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City officials plan to hire at least three additional probationary two-year firefighters using the remianing grant money.
Fire Chief Jeffery Carley said does not have an official start date for the two new firefighters.
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"I am starting to interview for the other three positions," Carley said in an email.
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