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Mono City fire official warns of equipment and storage shortfalls; county advances emergency alert planning
Summary
Mono City Fire commissioners told the board they lack appropriately sized apparatus space and heated storage for a 2,000-gallon water tender; county emergency management flagged alerting vendor issues and supervisors asked staff to agendize a review of the alert system and Firewise outreach.
David Swisher, chairman of commissioners for the Mono City Fire Department, told the Mono County Board of Supervisors that his department is "in dire need" of additional fire apparatus and a building that can house newer equipment. Swisher said the department's station dates to the 1980s, that trucks barely fit the doors, and that a recently acquired 2,000-gallon water tender cannot be stored on-site in winter without a heated facility; he said he had to drain it and ship it to Nevada for storage.
Swisher described a recent house fire in Cottonwood Canyon where neighboring agencies with water supplies were essential to bring the incident under control and said Mono City…
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