The Grundy Center City Council Monday night received an update from fire chief Nathan Kappel on the needs of his department.
Kappel explained that OSHA is proposing new emergency response standards for fire departments, standards that will cost the fire department more than 14-thousand dollars.
In addition, medical exams for all firefighters every two years, costing up to 25-hundred dollars per exam.
Kappel expressed concerns that these proposed standards could potentially close many small fire departments throughout Grundy County, and the county seat department will be required to cover the entire county, which will increase response times over 20 minutes per call.
No action was taken by the Grundy Center City Council.
