LA Times article on fire department mergers mentions six current or former Citygate clients; also quotes Stewart Gary, Citygate’s Fire Practice Principal Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger, Public Safety, Stu Gary March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012 Article: Santa Ana disbands Fire Department in bid to rescue budget “The Orange County Fire Authority will take over services for the city, which is facing a $30-million deficit, ending the Read More
Emergency Response Times Slow as County Fire Faces Increasing Structural, Financial Deficits (Santa Barbara, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, Fire Staff, In the News Tag: Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study February 20, 2012 February 14, 2012 “The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is facing a structural deficit and is not meeting goal response times, according to a report presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors by an Read More
San Diego Council To Consider Fire Station Study (San Diego, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Deployment, Standards of Coverage Response November 16, 2011 November 14, 2011 “SAN DIEGO — It’s widely known the City of San Diego needs more fire stations. Monday the City Council will consider adopting a plan to get them built, but there’s no Read More
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
Supervisors seek implementation plan for emergency response study (San Diego County) Categories: Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Deployment, Fire Services Study, Regional Deployment Study May 28, 2010 May 27, 2010 “Not only did the San Diego County Board of Supervisors accept the regional deployment study to assess the delivery of fire and emergency medical services in San Diego County, but the Read More
Supervisors Endorse First-Ever Regional Fire Deployment Report (San Diego County) Categories: Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News May 25, 2010 May 24, 2010 “San Diego County wants to increase its firepower in fighting fires – especially massive blazes like those that rampaged across the region in 2003 and 2007.” (This article is no longer Read More