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ECCFPD Sunday Activity Highlights Need for 5-station Service Model

by ECT

 

It was a busy day in East County yesterday for the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District as multiple incidents ran resources thin at times as between which again highlights a need to ensure a 5-station service model to become permanent.

 

With a grass fire taking 2-engines out of play for roughly 2.5 hours, you had our other two engines running calls across the District—when a medical call was ran, you then had 1-engine covering the entire 250-square mile District. 

 

 

Over the long haul, this is not a successful way to run a district with four stations as that big incident will occur at some point and require all our engines/resources leaving the rest of East County uncovered. In May, our 5-station re-opens, I suggest we all begin working on how to best ensure that station is not temporary and becomes a permanent resource in East County.

 

 

That is not meant to be a scare tactic either as we have come close on several occasions to having no resources within District actually being available since station closures last July. Think about that next time you may need 9-1-1 services.

 

Here is a brief look at a few of yesterdays incidents:

Brentwood Vegetation Fire on Central Blvd/O’Hara
The fire was reported at 3:01 pm where crews arrived to find the vegetation fire in a field area adjacent to a housing tract. Engine 52 and 93 attacked the fire with a total of 7 personnel which burned an estimated 4 acres.  The fire lasted roughly 2 hour 32 minutes.

It should be noted, this fire was likely caused by to minors who were located by Brentwood Police Department and are now investigating the incident.

Fall Victim in Discovery Bay
At around 4:33 pm, Engine 59 arrived to find a 47 year old male who had lost consciousness after a fall. Upon arrival, the victim was conscious. The patient was stabilized and transported by AMR to a local park for helicopter transport to John Muir Trauma Center in Walnut Creek for evaluation

According to the report, the patient was moving an air compressor in his garage when he slipped and fell to the ground where his head hit the concrete floor.

Byron Highway/Holey Rd. Accident
This was a 3-car accident with one injury. The incident log showed crews were on scene for 1 hour and 9 minutes.

Carol Lane Fire
I do not have the details yet on this Oakley incident, a fire was reported within the Carol Lane apartments around 4:18 with smoke reported in the hallway. This appears to be a false alarm because crews were on scene for less than 30 minutes.

Aspen Rd., Oakley Fire
I do not yet have the details on this incident, around 1:51 am, crews responded to a fire out on Aspen Rd. in far east Oakley.

Aside from these incidents, crews ran more than 25+ medical calls which is a typical

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4 comments

Barbara DuMont Apr 15, 2013 - 7:51 am

We can talk and preach about the problem all you want but nothing is going change until we have some deadly, gory, tragic incident that gets major attention by the media. Sorry but that’s the truth. The majority of the people out here have their heads firmly stuck in the sand. They believe that the problem is the fire fighters pay, retirement and mismanagement of funds thanks to the Times, CCTaxpayers Assn and other vocal uneducated people. They are unwilling to take the time and educate themselves–read some of the posting that will follow this posting. Some people will be posting the same tired anti-tax BS.

FrankS Apr 15, 2013 - 9:34 am

Burk, while I 100% agree with you and I also agree with barbara, people won’t care until they need to dial 9-1-1 and experience a reduced service first hand.

Don Flunk Apr 15, 2013 - 9:54 am

People should give Burk credit for raising awareness to these incidents, not a word in any other media. There used to be a time when a 4-acre fire near homes would mean something to a community. People are seriously asleep at the wheel. Imagine if a big gust of wind came as fire crews were working to put out the fire, it could have seriously injured someone or a home could have caught fire. But it didn’t, so no one cares.

Barbara DuMont Apr 15, 2013 - 1:33 pm

Watching the mess in Boston. Think about this–could you imagine an incident like this here?

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