Costs of plan are growing concern
By LESLIE WOLF BRANSCOMB
Staff Writer
San Diego Union-Tribune (California)
A plan to consolidate county fire agencies in the unincorporated areas will move forward, despite the reservations of some members of the Local Agency Formation Commission.
The commissioners voted 5-2 yesterday to analyze what needs to be done – and what it would cost – to reorganize 25 of the county’s fire protection and emergency service providers under one umbrella.
Nearly everyone who spoke at the meeting agreed it needs to be done, because more than 900,000 acres in the backcountry are without emergency services. Cost remains a concern.
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