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Firefighters urge council to restore Chico Fire Department staffing; residents cite response gaps
Summary
Chico Firefighters and residents urged the City Council to prioritize restoring department staffing and return Engine 1 to service, citing reduced daily staff since 2016 and recent incidents that stretched local resources.
At the council's public comment period on May 20, members of the Chico Firefighters Local 2734 Political Action Committee urged the council to make firefighter staffing a budget priority and return Engine 1 to service in the downtown district.
Jake Milley, president of the Chico Firefighters Local 2734 PAC, told council that the department’s staffing fell from 22 firefighters on duty per day to 14 per day in 2016 and has been slow to recover. Milley said lower staffing has led to…
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