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Chico fire advocates urge downtown firefighting capacity; council workshop cites safety as top priority
Summary
During public comment at the March 19 workshop, local fire advocates highlighted a downtown staffing and equipment gap and urged the council to fund and staff a water-pumping engine at Station 1; the request fed into workshop objectives that placed safety as the council’s top priority.
Local fire advocates used the March 19 strategic-planning workshop to press the council for expanded downtown firefighting capacity and staffing.
Ken Smith, identifying himself in the transcript as representing “Chico Fire Party of 27 34” and serving as its president, told the council there is currently no water-pumping fire engine at the downtown station and urged the council to prioritize implementing “Engine 1” as a…
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