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Universal City fire chief outlines Cibolo Creek wildfire response, highlights ISO score of 2 and new access improvements
Summary
Fire Chief Verna Behn described the department’s multi-unit initial response to fires in Cibolo Creek, mutual-aid arrangements, equipment and training gaps, an all-weather emergency access road, and the city’s ISO rating of 2; council requested follow-up staff report on the Seminole Creek firebreak.
Universal City Fire Chief Verna Behn told council on April 1 that the department maintains a seven-person shift and a specific initial response for incidents in the Cibolo Creek corridor, and she described automatic aid, strike teams and infrastructure work intended to improve wildfire response.
Behn said the city’s initial response for creek incidents typically includes one brush truck, one engine, a ladder truck and a battalion command vehicle, with automatic mutual aid from neighboring departments for larger incidents: "If this thing bumps up to a second alarm……
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