Brentwood, January 1, 2015 —The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District announced that the Knightsen Fire Station (Station 94) reopened Thursday morning after the District completed required maintenance/remediation after mold and bacteria was found in the station.
On Friday, October 24, the District stated that it was temporarily closing the Knightsen Fire Station due to bacteria in the District’s well, which provides water to the station. The three crews from the Knightsen Fire Station were moved temporarily to the downtown Brentwood Fire Station (Station 54), which was previously closed due to budgetary restrictions. With the reopening of the Knightsen Fire Station, Station 54 is closed once again.
After finding the bacteria in the Knightsen Station’s well, the District undertook additional testing at the fire station. The District learned on Friday, November 7 that there was a higher-than-acceptable level of mold in the air samples taken at the station. The District has completed remediation of the bacteria in the well and added a connection to the local water provider to guard against any future water system contamination.
The District has worked with local contractors over the past several weeks to remediate mold in the heating and air-conditioning system, and made additional necessary repairs throughout the living quarters of the fire station.
The Knightsen Fire Station was built in the early 1960’s and was not originally designed for continuous (24 hours per day, 7 days a week) operations.
“We are excited to get the fire station back in service, and have taken all necessary steps to ensure that the station is safe for our firefighters,” stated Fire Chief Hugh Henderson. “With the station repaired and reopened, our firefighters can continue to provide the best service for our communities.”
7 comments
Stupid move. Brentwood handles more calls than Knightsen & Bethel Islands. Engines should stay where the service calls are located. Want quick response, don’t live out in the middle of nowhere.
Stupid comment Jim. There is more to saving lives than the amount of calls. We pay the most on the Island for fire and still have no station. At least with Knightsen we have a chance.
Should keep the Stations in Brentwood open, more calls, more need, more can be done to help people. Knightsen and Bethel Island should go back to the County,
This Simmons guy sounds like an idiot.
ECCFPD has been nothing, but a mess. Ask the voters your self who rejected measure s parcel tax in 2012. ECCFPD should have kept it real with voters/tax payers to avoid any fire house closures.
Time to reorganize and go to County Fire. Let Brentwood have its own Department. I’m voting no on any new money for the fire district. Its a waste to throw money down the toilet.
No More, it’s simply not that easy. As the Geico commercial states, “It’s not how this works, it’s not how any of this works”.
Reorganization is not a simple process and cannot be forced. There are many necessary steps in place to make sure all parties are protected. Perhaps you haven’t noticed but the rest of the county has no desire to take on a financial liability and subsidize east county. They are also aware that the voters here, refuse to fund adequate fire service, so why would they?
It is improbable that Brentwood could form it’s own department for an array of reasons previously stated on this web site. Financial issues being the biggest one and how it would leave the remaining district being the other. LAFCo which is the controlling agency, is bound by law to make sure certain conditions are met, which in this case cannot be. Brentwood officials and the Fire District officials already know this to be true.
If you want to throw anything down the toilet, you might want to begin with the local print media (newspapers) who supply you with nothing but bad information.
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