Lakeshore Fire: no answer by the deadline on staffing and recruitment questions
Windsor News asked the Town of Lakeshore on Oct. 30 about Lakeshore Fire staffing and recruitment. There was no answer by our Nov. 12, 5 p.m. ET deadline. A missing reply is not a refusal. We will update this if they respond.
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We asked, no answer by the deadline
On Oct. 30, 2026, Windsor News asked the Town of Lakeshore's communications office written questions about Lakeshore Fire's move to a composite staffing model, recruitment, training costs and leadership structure. At the Town's request on Nov. 2, we extended the reply date to Monday, Nov. 9. No answers arrived by that date.
On Nov. 9, 2026, we sent a final follow-up with eight numbered questions. Windsor News makes no allegation against any individual.
We asked, among other points:
Applicant and hire counts for recruitment rounds from 2022 through 2026, including Lakeshore residents versus non-residents
Whether the Town has a public disclosure or recusal policy for hiring-panel members, and what that policy is
Why the April 6, 2026 staff report's +$310,000 full-time wage line for 2027 does not match the $77,500 salary-and-benefits figure for the two new positions, and whether the Town still projects a net saving of about $4,030
How many of the 43 recruits trained from 2022 to 2025 have left, and whether any training cost was recovered
How many paid-on-call firefighters also work for Essex-Windsor EMS or another fire department, and how availability is tracked
Whether any fire administration leadership roles changed in 2025, and who leads the fire administration now
Why the Town's own report says Lakeshore is not meeting NFPA 1720 response criteria, and by what date it will
Whether the Town will release the underlying recruitment, staffing, training-cost and availability records
We asked for a reply by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, with no further extension. There was no answer by that deadline. A missing reply is not a refusal.
This is listed on our [FOI and questions tracker](/foi/). We will update this if they respond.
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