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Fire chief cites SAFER-funded staffing gains while urging state help on freeway embankment fires
Summary
Fresno Fire Chief Billy Alcorn told council that FY26 proposes $132 million for the department including ongoing SAFER-funded positions now on the general fund; council and the mayor pressed Caltrans reimbursement and delegated maintenance to reduce repeated embankment fires.
Fire Chief Billy Alcorn presented the Fire Department's FY26 request — roughly $132 million — to the City Council, saying the budget preserves 428 department positions, covers contractual obligations and maintains four-person staffing on engine companies.
Chief Alcorn thanked the council for absorbing 42 SAFER grant positions into the general fund and described operational increases tied to contract dispatch costs, equipment replacement and utilities. The department reported nearly 950 fire-recruit…
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