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Santa Barbara Fire Department reports Q4 deployments, new hires and continued mutual-aid commitments
Summary
Fire Chief Chris Mails and division staff reported quarter 4 incident statistics Jan. 23, including recent structure-fire deployments, seven new firefighters, significant training hours and ongoing mutual-aid assignments to larger regional fires.
Santa Barbara Fire Chief Chris Mails told the Fire and Police Commission on Jan. 23 that the department's quarter 4 report (Oct.-Dec. 2024) included several structure-fire responses, mutual-aid deployments to regional incidents, and the addition of seven new firefighters who graduated Dec. 19 and are now assigned to duty.
Division Chief Bridal Federman presented Q4 incident-response statistics, saying the department's total call volume rose about 1 to 2% quarter to quarter and that turnout and travel times remained consistent with prior reporting.…
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