Firefighters in Algonquin Highlands will be getting a raise.
Council unanimously voted in favour of an increase in pay from $17 an hour to $18 this year and to $19.42 in 2019.
A fire services report compared the wages of firefighters in five other rural jurisdictions and found them to be between $17 an hour to as high as just over $25.
Mayor Carol Moffatt says the township does a comparison with other fire departments so Algonquin Highlands is paying its firefighters what they deserve.
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Another change is that firefighters will be compensated for three hours of training instead of two.
While firefighters are considered volunteers, Moffatt adds the only volunteer aspect is signing up.