City Officials Learn Sharing Options (Hermosa Beach, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger May 8, 2011 May 7, 2011 “Local leaders and community members discuss possible ways that the Beach Cities can merge services during a summit held in Hermosa Beach.” …read more Read More
Three OC Cities to Study Combining Fire Departments (Orange County, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger March 3, 2011 March 2, 2011 “The Orange County cities of Anaheim, Fullerton and Orange are weighing whether to dismantle their individual fire departments and form one agency that would handle fire protection for the entire area .” Read More
Supervisors pick regional fire authority chief (San Diego, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, Fire Staff, In the News September 30, 2010 September 30 , 2010 “San Diego County supervisors recently appointed CalFire San Diego unit chief Howard Windsor as San Diego County Regional Fire Authority fire chief.” (This article is no longer available.) Read More
Outside firm to study improving San Diego fire response times (San Diego, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Deployment, Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study, Standards of Coverage Response July 2, 2010 July 1, 2010 “San Diego is hiring an outside firm to examine how long it takes the fire department to respond to emergencies and to provide a blueprint for improving in the future. Right now, Read More
New Study To Consider How SD Fire Department Should Go Forward (San Diego, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Deployment, Rolling Brownout Plan, Standards of Coverage Response July 1, 2010 June 30, 2010 “The city of San Diego is commissioning its own fire deployment study. It will come from Citygate Associates, the same company that prepared a similar report for the county last spring.”…read more Read More
Why your agency needs first responder training: to limit liability exposure and save $$$ Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, In the News, John Muldown, white papers Tag: Finance, First Responder Training, Training June 8, 2010 By John Muldown, JD Consultant, Citygate Associates, LLC June 2010 We live in a litigious society. The strong tie between liability and budgetary issues has become even more important with the current financial situation Read More
Fire study endorsed by county (San Diego County) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Deployment, Fire Services Study, Standards of Coverage Response May 21, 2010 May 20, 2010 “County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a study that calls for building 14 fire stations throughout the region to reduce coverage gaps. But it’s unlikely that any stations will materialize Read More
REGION: Supervisors call for plan to improve fire protection (San Diego County) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Deployment, Fire Services Study May 20, 2010 May 19, 2010 “About the time peak wildfire season arrives this fall, San Diego County supervisors will get a report that outlines ways to improve regional fire safety. The supervisors on Wednesday directed county Read More
Newark agrees to contract with Alameda County Fire Department (Newark, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News February 28, 2010 February 28, 2010 “By the time the next fiscal cycle begins, fire engines in Newark could bear the name of the Alameda County Fire Department. City Council members have voted in favor of a Read More
Peninsula fire department merger heats up (Bay Area, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger, Fire Deployment, Fire Services Study January 14, 2010 January 13, 2010 “The Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae and San Bruno city councils have voted to hire Citygate Associates LLC, a Folsom-based firm that specializes in fire and emergency medical service consulting, to do an Read More