Over the past 10-years, the fire department has received $55 million in workers' comp claims, the highest number of claims citywide. In that time, the city has paid for 386,000 hours of injured on-duty leave time.The ask comes in the aftermath of Sacramento's $66 million budget deficit, with the fire department reporting that the money spent on the new physical therapist would save money.
The city is already budgeting for $10 million in backfill staffing costs from injuries this year alone. Sacramento's fire department is taking this idea from the city of Denver, which has its own in-house physical therapist. The city council is expected to vote on this position on Tuesday.
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