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UFA Update: Staffing Gains, Hotshot Wildland Team Status and a Distracted‑driving Warning

3377353 · May 7, 2025
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Unified Fire Authority reported staffing increases, promotions and that its wildland crew is moving toward hotshot status; officials also urged residents to avoid distracted driving after statewide enforcement showed high contact numbers.

Unified Fire Authority representatives briefed the council on staffing, training and public‑safety topics on May 7 and urged drivers to avoid distraction after statewide enforcement revealed high contact numbers.

UFA officials said they are completing recruit school and will add roughly 33 new firefighters as graduates enter service; staffing increases will support opening or staffing new stations in Eagle…

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