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Menifee delays city-led fire-feasibility push after county and CAL FIRE outline progress
Summary
After presentations from CAL FIRE/Riverside County officials and consultants, Menifee councilors agreed to defer a city-commissioned feasibility study and watch results of an ongoing Citygate standards-of-cover review and county-led station additions before initiating an RFP.
Menifee, Calif. — Menifee's City Council on Wednesday decided to postpone a city-initiated feasibility study of alternative fire-service models after hearing updates from CAL FIRE/Riverside County and consultants outlining recent changes intended to improve response parity and capacity.
Deputy Chief Lonnie Olson of the CAL FIRE Riverside unit told the council the department contracted Citygate Associates in May 2025 to perform a standards-of-cover evaluation that will "pull the curtain back" on operations, response models and cost-allocation methodology. Olson said the department has also begun operational changes such as a triage system and a nurse-navigation program that together offloaded about "1,700 calls" from Menifee in 2025, freeing resources for…
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