Muncie will layoff fewer firefighters than originally expected, Fire Chief Sean Burcham said Thursday evening.
The city now plans to layoff 32 of its 109 firefighters. The city revised the number of firefighters it needs to layoff to avoid bankruptcy down from 40.
Burcham said the layoffs are still not ideal but are "better than 40."
The fire department originally said it would have to go from 29 firefighters per shift staffing seven stations with nine trucks to 16 firefighters staffing four stations with five trucks.
The chief said Station No. 7, which is located on Wheeling Avenue just north of McGalliard Road, will no longer close.
Burcham said he has not yet made a final decision on how the reorganized fire department would deploy its resources between these stations.
He said he is currently looking at having 24 firefighters per shift staffing seven trucks.
Station No. 5, which is located on Tillotson Avenue near Christy Woods and protects Ball State, will likely house a pumper truck and a ladder truck, said Burcham.
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