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Fire chief warns layoffs and forfeited SAFER grant if Fullerton cuts 5% of fire budget
Summary
Fire Chief Adam Mosier told the ad hoc committee that a 5% general-fund reduction for the Fullerton Fire Department would translate to roughly $2 million and the equivalent of 12 firefighter positions, risk forfeiting the federal SAFER grant and could reverse gains in response capacity and ISO rating.
Adam Mosier, Fullertons fire chief, told the Fiscal Sustainability Ad Hoc Committee that the department is largely fixed-cost and that personnel make up the majority of its general-fund spending.
Mosier said fire salaries and benefits total roughly $31 million and that the department is funded fully from the general fund. He described recent investments and revenue steps, including an in-house ambulance program and a federal SAFER grant that supported growth from 88 to about…
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