Wilmington, DE Company Brownouts--Please Help

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Thanks Rob. Just trying to understand the situation! I was in charge of Personnel and Manpower for the Newark, NJ Fire Dept until 2009. This problem is mainly caused by the failure of the administration to properly understand and prepare for manpower issues. It seems like each shift is starting with a deficit of manpower before vacation and sick/injury leave is even counted. The knee-jerk reaction is to close a company instead of paying OT or ...(gasp)...coming up with a long-term solution! Poor management here!