AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly 40,000 people who live and work on Fort Gordon depend on its fire and emergency services, but a leaked memo obtained by 12 On Your Side Investigates raises new concerns about whether the post has enough firefighters to respond in a crisis.

The document, signed by Garrison Commander Colonel Anthony Kazor, authorizes Fort Gordon Fire and Emergency Services to operate at what’s called a “severe level of service.”

That means just nine firefighters are authorized to be on duty to cover the installation.

For comparison, Army requirements call for 11 to 14 firefighters on shift. Fort Gordon’s fire chief acknowledged in an email to 12 On Your Side Investigates that the post should have 53 firefighters total.

However, he tells News 12 it was only authorized 48

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