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Cosumnes CSD briefs Galt council on wildfire readiness, evacuation plans
Summary
Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Chief Felipe Rodriguez and Police Chief Kalinowski told Galt City Council about local wildfire risks, water and hydrant capacity, staffing and mutual aid arrangements and urged residents to prepare and register for alerts.
Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Chief Felipe Rodriguez briefed the Galt City Council on local wildfire risks, department resources and community preparedness at the council’s April meeting.
Rodriguez said the district covers 157 square miles, serves about 210,000 people with roughly 3,500 responses in Galt last year and maintains multiple engines, ambulances and cross‑staff wildland units. He said the department’s priorities are to “protect lives, property, and the environment in that order.” He told the council the district has invested about $11 million in apparatus over recent years and added about 30 firefighters since 2020, and that the district is…
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