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Myrietta Fire Department reports rising calls, council adopts $29.25 million fire district budget
Summary
Chief Malloy told the council Myrietta Fire & Rescue responded to 13,815 calls in 2025 — a near 25% rise since 2021 — and highlighted lifesaving cardiac outcomes and technology upgrades. The council adopted the fire district’s $29,249,491 FY 2026–27 operating budget, funded in part by a $6.48 million transfer from Measure T.
Myrietta Fire & Rescue responded to 13,815 calls for service in 2025, Chief Malloy told the Murrietta City Council on June 16, saying the number represents nearly a 25% increase since 2021.
“The number of calls we had for service this year is 13,815,” Chief Malloy said, noting the department handled more than 10,000 emergency medical calls and 154 fires. He highlighted that crews recorded 146 cardiac arrests and a 30% return of spontaneous circulation, which the department counts as a high-performing outcome: “Of those 146 cardiac arrests we had, 27 of those were saves,” Malloy said.
Malloy also described the department’s investments in technology and coordination: the department migrated to a new radio system shared with police, implemented CAD-to-CAD dispatch connectivity with Riverside County to speed mutual-aid responses, and is incorporating drone operations and detailed pre-incident mapping to improve situational awareness.
The council considered those operational details before holding a public hearing on the fire district’s FY 2026–27 budget. Finance staff presented a balanced operating budget of $29,249,491 in revenues and expenditures — about a 4% increase over the prior year — and explained that a budgeted operating transfer of approximately $6.48 million from Measure T is needed to balance the fund and raise the district’s operating reserve to roughly 30%.
Tanner Benson, the city’s financial analyst, told the council the primary expenditure increases are personnel costs (about $861,000, reflecting overtime, workers’ compensation and three previously authorized positions) and rising internal service charges. Javier Kamo, finance director, said property tax revenue was the largest revenue increase.
After public comment and questions, the council adopted the resolution to approve the fire district’s FY 2026–27 operating budget by a unanimous vote, 5-0. The budget documents and the department’s 2025 annual report — which Malloy made available via QR code and an approximately 40-page report for the public — will be posted on the city’s website.
