Committee adopts procedural change to open box cards for fire calls and prepares for flight program integration

Aug 14, 2026

The group reported updates to standard operating guidelines to require opening box cards on fire calls to standardize paging; members said this will help align agencies once the county's flight program is active.

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Chair reported updates to the county's standard operating procedures: dispatchers will open box cards for every fire to determine which agencies should be paged, and staff will integrate that practice with the planned flight program so responding agencies are synchronized on box‑card designations.

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