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Laguna Beach fire chief lays out seven-goal strategic plan focused on wildfire readiness and community resilience
Summary
Fire Chief King presented a seven-goal strategic plan emphasizing emergency operations, training, community risk reduction, internal/external communications, and programs such as Firewise and the California Fire Risk Reduction Community to prepare Laguna Beach for wildfire threats.
Fire Chief King presented a seven-goal strategic plan for the Laguna Beach Fire Department that places wildfire preparedness and community resilience at the center of department work. The plan, previewed at the city's strategic planning workshop, seeks to improve emergency operations, expand firefighter training and records, strengthen internal leadership and staff development, and increase external public communications and neighborhood engagement.
Chief King told the council that one immediate operational gain has been adding a fourth firefighter to the busiest engine company, which keeps apparatus in service…
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