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Mill Valley firefighters urge adding third crew member to Engine 7, praise council review of fire service
Summary
Two Mill Valley-area firefighter leaders told the City Council they support a departmental self-evaluation and urged permanently adding a third firefighter to Engine 7; speakers also raised possible changes to Medic 6 staffing to bolster coverage in Zone 6.
Two leaders of local firefighter organizations used public comment at a Mill Valley City Council meeting to support a council-led self-evaluation of fire services and to press for changes in frontline staffing.
Bob Bridal, president of the Marin Professional Firefighters and a retired Southern Marin battalion chief, told the council that knowing the location and staffing of apparatus across Southern Marin is essential to operations. “It’s very important for the battalion chief to know where those, the availability of those,…
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