‘Gambling with lives of Oakland residents’: Firefighters sound alarm over station closures
Oakland, California – Oakland firefighters took to City Hall’s front steps on Monday to warn of dire consequences if city officials, elected and appointed, do not stop closing fire stations.
Only the sale of the Oakland Coliseum property can ward off an unprecedented downsizing of a city proven highly vulnerable to fires and earthquakes.
The next Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting is Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
The singular question for Oakland firefighters who want to save their 156-year-old department is: Can they sound the alarm loud enough to serve 8,000 fire and medical service calls a year?
Residents in 10 hill communities, from part of Shepard Canyon to Grass Valley, more than six miles west, will be the most impacted, given longer travel times from available remaining stations.
