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>> NEW THIS MORNING.
THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT IS
LAUNCHING A NEW SQUAD TO
RESPOND TO LOW LEVEL MEDICAL
CALLS.
THE 90-DAY PILOT PROGRAM IS
MEANT TO HELP THE
FINANCIALLY EMBATTLED FIRE
DISTRICT BETTER DISTRIBUTE
ITS TRIMMED-DOWN STAFF.
KRON 4'S TERISA ESTACIO
REPORTS.
>> STARTING ON THIS FRIDAY
THERE WILL BE A SQUAD BASED
OUT OF THIS FIRE STATION.
THIS IS JUST DOWNTOWN FROM
WALNUT CREEK. THEY STATED
THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THEY STATED THEIR RIGHT NOW
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVING TO
HANDLE ALL CALLS. WHAT ARE
FIRE OUR MEDICAL. THIS IS A
PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IN
SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY HAD
CUTBACKS. THEY STATED THAT
THESE ARE THE CRITICAL
TIMES TO DEAL WITH. THEY
STATED THAT THE HOPE IS
THAT THEY CAN JUST FOCUS ON
FIGHTING FIRES CORR. SOME FIRE
STATIONS HAVE JUST BEEN SHUT
DOWN AND THIS IS A PILOT
PROGRAM THAT WILL BE GOING