Running Springs Firefighters Association

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This is Station 283 that primarily serves the Sugarloaf, Big Bear City, Erwin Lake, Lake Williams and Baldwin Lake communities and is staffed by a Type 1 fire e...ngine and an ambulance that can be cross staffed when the need arises. Earlier this week, our Fire Chief was given the direction by our Board of Directors to create a neutral budget that would not take any money from reserve funds. What does this mean? It means that Station 283 would be browned out (CLOSED). The Big Bear Professional Firefighters Association does not condone the reduction in services at any point in time. The closure of this station will increase the risk to the Big Bear Valley as a whole and increase ALS and Fire calls on scene arrival time by at least 4 minutes. This will also increase our system load with the inability to run an engine and cross staff an ambulance. Five of our last structure fires have been in 283’s first in response area. In 2018 The Big Bear Fire Department experienced Level Zero, meaning there are no available apparatus to respond to emergencies, 112 times. This year we have already experienced level zero 60 times! The closure of this station will result in far more level zero situations. Everyday, The Big Bear Fire Department has a minimum of 13 fire suppression personnel on duty and the closing of this station would bring the minimum on duty personnel down to 11. This is not only a huge safety factor to our residents but also to our firefighters. We need your help! On April 17th at 4:30 PM there is a Fire Authority Board Budget Workshop at Station 281 in Big Bear Lake. We need your help preventing this from happening. All residents are encouraged to attend the Budget Workshop meeting and voice your concerns over this matter! We are proud to serve this great community and this organization needs to get to a point where we can provide exceptional service to everyone. * * * * #BBPFA #BBFD #Local935 #welcometo7000feet See more

We hope this is a possibility for our community in the near future. Safer for Citizens and Firefighters! https://www.kusi.com/chula-vista-fire-department-to-make-o/