Contra Costa’s largest fire agency will shutter four fire stations in January, close up to six more by 2015, and stop responding to low-priority incidents if voters reject a $75 annual parcel tax on the general election ballot.
“We are planning for the worst and hoping for the best, hoping we will not have to implement this service-reduction plan,” Contra Costa Fire Chief Daryl Louder told the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The board governs the 600,000-resident central Contra Costa County fire district.
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