excuse me, mr. korso, can you talk a little bit more about the restoration of battalion 5 and what that will entail? >> yes, ma'am. quite a few years ago there was a division and support specialist for battalions and division reductions to the department's operational budget that essentially closed battalion 5. we had ten battalions and that reduced to nine which is where we stop daily. however given the growth of the city and both from development and personnel perspective, the need for additional battalion, at least from the members perspective and from the operational perspective it has come up as a need. i don't know if the chief wants to talk about that at all. >> i would just add like mr. korso said, given the increase in our call volume as well as the growth in the population of our city, we are interested in restoring that position. the firehouse is near station 21 near the panhandle and that was removed from service very rel at -- reluctantly, but there were other battalions that surrounded that

excuse me, mr. korso, can you talk a little bit more about the restoration of battalion 5 and what that will entail? >> yes, ma'am. quite a few years ago there was a division and support specialist for battalions and division reductions to the department's operational budget that essentially closed battalion 5. we had ten battalions and that reduced to nine which is where we stop daily. however given the growth of the city and both from development and personnel perspective, the need for additional battalion, at least from the members perspective and from the operational perspective it has come up as a need. i don't know if the chief wants to talk about that at all. >> i would just add like mr. korso said, given the increase in our call volume as well as the growth in the population of our city, we are interested in restoring that position. the firehouse is near station 21 near the panhandle and that was removed from service very rel at -- reluctantly, but there were other battalions that surrounded that

excuse me, mr. korso, can you talk a little bit more about the restoration of battalion 5 and what that will entail? >> yes, ma'am. quite a few years ago there was a division and support specialist for battalions and division reductions to the department's operational budget that essentially closed battalion 5. we had ten battalions and that reduced to nine which is where we stop daily. however given the growth of the city and both from development and personnel perspective, the need for additional battalion, at least from the members perspective and from the operational perspective it has come up as a need. i don't know if the chief wants to talk about that at all. >> i would just add like mr. korso said, given the increase in our call volume as well as the growth in the population of our city, we are interested in restoring that position. the firehouse is near station 21 near the panhandle and that was removed from service very rel at -- reluctantly, but there were other battalions that surrounded that