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Council hears emergency services updates: San Carlos engine deployed for mutual aid; county hazmat replacement will affect assessments
Summary
Council member Dugan reported that San Carlos Engine 16 was deployed to the Old Trails Fire in Washington under mutual aid; the county opened a Glenwood Fire Center and added Fire Hawk helicopters, and a needed replacement hazmat vehicle will lead to a small assessment increase (about 2.7% or ~$4,000/year for San Carlos) over the next five years.
Council member Dugan provided a briefing on recent county emergency services developments, including mutual aid deployments and county investments in regional firefighting capacity.
Dugan said one of San Carlos’s engines (Engine 16) was deployed to Washington to assist with the Old Trails Fire and that the county has opened a new Glenwood Fire Center in La Honda staffed to keep two full crews on standby much of the year. He noted that CAL FIRE deployed new Fire Hawk helicopters to the region with larger (1,000‑gallon) water capacity than older systems. Dugan told the council the county indicated a capital need for a new hazmat vehicle (the county has only one); to fund that replacement the emergency services council approved an assessment that will increase San Carlos’s assessment by about 2.7% for the next five years, which Dugan estimated would work out to roughly $4,000 per year for the city.
Council members expressed thanks to San Carlos firefighters and support for regional coordination in wildfire response and hazardous materials capability.
