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'Lifesaving laws' launched to avoid wasting Oakland fireplace stations

By Miles Cooper
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February 14, 2025
'Lifesaving laws' launched to avoid wasting Oakland fireplace stations
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'Lifesaving laws' launched to avoid wasting Oakland fireplace stations

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Three council members are stepping in to maintain fireplace stations open in Oakland as the town navigates a serious price range shortfall.

Some Oakland metropolis leaders are calling this “lifesaving legislation.” It will reallocate funds to make sure no extra fireplace stations shut. 

“When the information broke that there have been six slated closures of fireplace stations in Oakland resulting from our price range disaster, the group rallied. We heard from 1000’s of Oakland residents that they don’t seem to be prepared to compromise on public security, particularly fireplace stations,” mentioned Councilmember Janani Ramachandran. 

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The motion has consisted of petitions, rallies, and now a brand new proposal from three Oakland council members to maintain fireplace stations afloat. If authorised, the newly proposed ordinance would reopen two shuttered fireplace stations and stop the closure of 4 others.

Hearth stations 25 and 28 are at present closed no less than by way of June as a part of the town’s effort to shut a price range deficit that has swelled previous $200 million. 

“On this price range scenario the place we actually need to take a step again and ask ourselves ‘What can the city do?’ And I believe all of us perceive public security is on the high of the pyramid,” Councilmember Zac Unger mentioned.

“We appeared for each penny. This has been really, really an infinite activity of discovering each final penny doable that might go in direction of reopening our fireplace stations,” Ramachandran mentioned. 

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Councilmembers Ramachandran, Unger, and Rebecca Kaplan are proposing the town reallocate thousands and thousands of {dollars} from three metropolis funds to pay for the stations.

“One of many largest sources of funding for that is $2.6 million, which comes from the JPA. The Coliseum enviornment has skilled an uptick of gross sales and income, in order that constructive movement of cash is being flowed again to the town,” Ramachandran mentioned. 

Oakland fireplace captain and union president Seth Olyer described how essential it’s for the remainder of metropolis council to approve this ordinance.

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“I imply, throughout the first eight hours of closures on January 6… 25 and 28 closing, there was a CPR name inside a stone’s throw of Engine 25. I personally went to a home fireplace on Engine 21, which is in between the 2 closed fireplace stations. It took us 20 minutes to get there. So these fireplace closures have actual world impacts,” he mentioned. 

The Oakland metropolis council will talk about the ordinance at their assembly on March 4. Council members encourage residents to attend in the event that they wish to assist it. 

Whether it is authorised, the 2 closed fireplace stations would have the ability to reopen by the tip of this fiscal yr.

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