AFD overruns budget, points to 7% uptick in calls

The Anchorage Fire Department is expecting a substantial budget shortfall.
Photo by Daysha Eaton, KSKA – Anchorage
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Fire Chief Dennis LeBlanc told the assembly’s Public Safety Committee today he anticipates AFD will go $650,000 dollars over its projected 2015 budget . That is a variance of 0.7 percent on the Department’s $93 million budget, which many criticized as underfunding certain operations under the administration of Dan Sullivan.
One reason for the overrun