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Fire department reports lower mutual‑aid responses; volunteer alliance outlines finances and Light Up support
Summary
Windcrest fire staff told council automatic mutual‑aid dispatch reductions cut county responses from roughly 50 to 25 month‑over‑month; the volunteer Firefighters Alliance reported a year‑to‑date revenue of $57,433 and expenditures of about $66,000 and said it will operate at a planned net negative to deploy donated funds.
Fire Department representatives briefed council on September activities and emergency medical services (EMS) arrangements. Staff said automatic dispatch/mutual‑aid routing now brings Allegiance and other providers to nearby calls without manual mutual‑aid requests; that change reduced the department’s out‑of‑city responses from about 50 in August to 25 in…
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