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Cal OES Region 6 fire coordinator warns of strained mutual-aid capacity, unpaid reimbursements
Summary
Big Pine Fire Chief Damon Carrington told the Inyo County Board of Supervisors that 2024 mutual-aid deployments and recent wind-driven fires exposed staffing and equipment shortages, slow reimbursement timelines and a need for better prepositioning and communications systems across the region.
Big Pine Fire Chief Damon Carrington, who serves as the Cal OES Region 6 coordinator, told the Inyo County Board of Supervisors that 2024 was an unusually busy year for mutual-aid deployments and that the region still faces shortages of equipment and personnel.
“Most of the guys are only making $45 an hour. But they'll get a check for $8,900 depending on how they're looked at,” Carrington said, describing how departments account for personnel and engine hourly rates on out‑of‑county assignments and why…
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