By Deborah Grigsby | Colorado Politics
When Elizabeth Fire Chief T.J. Steck first entered the fire service more than 30 years ago, he was one of more than 2,000 applicants for just six full-time positions with Denver Fire.
Competition was intense.
That’s not the case now, Steck told members of the Colorado Wildfire Matters Review Committee on Tuesday.
“Now, fire departments across the Front Range are actually fighting each other for applicants and trying to poach from each other — because we don’t have the number of applicants anymore,” he said.