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Truckee Meadows Fire reports recruiting push, grant restarts and auto-aid trial progress
Summary
District leaders described a firefighter recruitment drive, restarted federal and BLM grants for fuels reduction, suspension of spring green-waste events due to funding, and ongoing auto-aid trial with Reno and Sparks showing dispatch ratio shifts.
Truckee Meadows Fire leaders told commissioners on April 1 they are actively recruiting firefighters, restarting several fuel-reduction grant projects and continuing a trial auto-aid arrangement with neighboring cities.
The district is running an active firefighter recruitment through May 8 seeking five hires. The district paid for testing and engaged a vendor to widen outreach, and it is conducting outreach with the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee Meadows Community College, the chief said.
Division Chief August Eisenhower said the district received notice to resume work on three major fuels-management grants: two Hazard Mitigation…
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