{"id":369849,"date":"2026-06-22T05:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369849\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:48:14","slug":"sacramento-fire-looks-to-hire-physical-therapist-to-reduce-injuries-speed-up-recoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369849\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Fire looks to hire physical therapist to reduce injuries, speed up recoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighting is no easy job and for more proof of that, Sacramento city firefighters are looking to add a full-time doctor to their department this year. It’s a new way to get injured firefighters back on the front lines faster.<\/p>\n

Besides helmets and hoses, the fire department is asking for an in-house and on-site doctor of physical therapy position to help reduce and recover from on-the-job injuries.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The city is already budgeting for $10 million in backfill staffing costs from injuries this year alone.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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