stockton fire department

Stockton Fire Department Shuts Down a Truck Company

October 26, 2008

STOCKTON – The Fire Department’s Truck Co. 4 was gut-punched Wednesday morning. A casualty of the city’s yawning budget deficit, the company now faces likely closure and the reassignment of its firefighters throughout the city. Fire Chief Ron Hittle visited the station around 10 a.m. to deliver the news personally. It was the first time [...]

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Colleagues praise Stockton Battalion Chief Kim Olson

September 24, 2008

STOCKTON – This is what Stockton Fire Department Battalion Chief Kim Olson does. On July 26, Daniel Packer, a 49-year-old firefighter from Washington state, was killed while surveying a lightning-sparked wildfire in the Klamath National Forest. Packer, the chief of East Pierce Fire and Rescue in Bonney Lake, Wash., was caught when the Panther Fire [...]

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Stockton Fire Department Paramedics to Continue Responding

September 17, 2008

In the latest development over emergency medical response, San Joaquin County officials have asked Stockton to agree to continue business as usual concerning a 22-year-old paramedic services pact. Under the agreement, Stockton Fire Department paramedics will continue responding to 911 calls until the two agencies’ differences are resolved in court. But even if the city [...]

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Stockton Fire Paramedic Program is in Jeopardy

September 15, 2008

The ongoing snit between Stockton and San Joaquin County over the control of emergency services has taken another, in this case potentially dangerous, turn. It could be that by the end of the month the 132 Stockton paramedics who ride fire trucks to accidents, fires and health emergencies will be forced essentially to sit on [...]

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