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Santa Barbara Fire Department reports Q4 activity, mutual-aid deployments and new recruits
Summary
The Fire Department reported several structure fires, mutual-aid deployments to major wildfires, seven new firefighters added in December, Q4 turnout and travel times, training hours, and community outreach events.
Fire Chief Chris Mails and Division Chief Bridal Federman presented the Santa Barbara Fire Department’s quarter 4 report covering October–December 2024, noting multiple structure fires, mutual-aid deployments to the Eaton and Palisades incidents, and seven firefighters who graduated the department’s in-house academy on Dec. 19 and are now assigned to apparatus.
Federal and regional mutual aid deployments were described as ongoing for events that began in early January; chiefs said the department…
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