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Chief reports progress on academies, fleet upgrades and 150th anniversary activities
Summary
Fire Chief Ace White told commissioners the department is operating within the current fiscal-year budget, has 54 recruits in the current academy, expanded paramedic training, promotions scheduled, and is coordinating with other city agencies on bike-lane access and warehouse safety following the Oakland fire.
Fire Chief Ace White reported to the Fire Commission that five months into the fiscal year the department's expenditures and revenues were on track and that, if trends continue, operations should remain within the allocated budget.
On staffing and training, Chief Ace White said 51 members graduated from the 120th academy and a subsequent academy that began Nov. 28 had 42 recruits, later increased to 54 with an inter-station adjustment after an early resignation. He said the department's per-diem paramedic pool is about…
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