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City Vies for Federal Grant to Restore Fire Department Staffing
San Jose is applying for a $3.3 million federal grant that would restore nearly a third of the firefighter positions lost in a round of layoffs in 2010.
San Jose Fire Department Improves 9-1-1 Response Times
Part of the San Jose Fire Department’s lagging 9-1-1 response times may have been just a matter of faulty record keeping.
Cortese Slams San Jose Fire Department for Lagging Response Times
In a press conference that probably wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t running for mayor, county Supervisor Dave Cortese on Monday lambasted San Jose for cutting fire department staff to the point that paramedics can no longer respond to medical emergencies in time.
City Council’s Campos, Kalra Say Fire Department Analysis Incomplete
An audit of the San Jose Fire Department didn’t include enough analysis of staffing, councilmembers Ash Kalra and Xavier Campos argue in a memo. They want to look into whether the shorter staffing levels are what led to longer response times and loss in overall service. Other items on the council agenda for Tuesday include a settlement with the family of a young child killed by a falling tree and a proposed ordinance to allow street vendors to sell fresh produce in low-income neighborhoods.
City Takes on Fire Department
The budget blues aren’t over yet in San Jose. Mayor Chuck Reed announced that the Firefighters Union has come up $6 million short in its effort to meet the 10 percent cut on salaries and benefits, leaving the city no choice but to eliminate 81 positions. As a result, 51 firefighters will lose their jobs, one station will be closed, and other stations will have to contend with reduced staffing and equipment. It is the first time in the city’s history that firefighters have been laid off
Firefighters Union President: City Plays Politics with Department Response Times
The city recently acknowledged that it was missing thousands of emergency response times when calculating how long it takes first responders from the San Jose Fire Department to arrive on scene. Robert Sapien, president of San Jose’s firefighters union, explains in an op-ed why emergency response times matter not only in life and death situations, but also when calculating the city’s budget.—Editor
‘Triple Threat:’ Santa Clara County Leaders Prep for Drought, Wildfire and Bad Air Quality
Rain fall has decreased, so the region faces looming threats of drought, which increases threats of wildfires, which impact air quality.
Stanford Under Fire for Denying Scribe to Disabled Student
The university’s denial of homework accommodations for Antonio Milane has launched a larger conversation about disability rights.
Crews Respond to Two-Alarm Fire in Downtown San Jose
The blaze, near the Guadalupe Freeway, has closed West St. John Street between Almaden Boulevard and North Autumn Street.
Ladder Climbers: Women Aim to End Longtime Gender Inequity in Silicon Valley Firefighting
Even as gender equality in most traditionally male sectors has improved, women in Santa Clara County continue to be shut out of firefighting.
San Jose Again Mulls Scrapping Highrise Fire Safety Code
Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs.
SJPD: Gunman Fires at Officers Responding to ESSJ Shooting
The incident occurred in the area of Lynette and Duffy ways, according to the San Jose Police Department.
Fire Away: Science Writers Tackle the Biggest Lingering Questions on CZU, SCU Wildfires
The UCSC Science Communication Department answers some of the questions about the fires submitted by readers.
Whack and Stack: PG&E’s Toppling of Trees to Prevent Fire Creates New Hazards
In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the utility company is removing vegetation from around power lines.
Can ‘Fire Hardening’ Solve State’s Home Insurance Crisis?
Incentives for homeowners to mitigate wildfire risk would be a win-win for insurers and consumers. Creating one is the hard part.
