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Article: Budget issues not an obstacle to firefighting for Cal Fire
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- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- August 31, 2009
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Cal Fire officials said recent budget cuts affecting their agency
have not hindered firefighters' efforts to combat wildfires.
"There has not been an impact, budgetwise, on our ability to
fight the fires," Cal Fire Battalion Chief Julie Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson, of Cal Fire's Riverside County unit, and spokesman
Bill Peters, of the San Bernardino County unit, both said budget
cuts have not limited the number of firefighters or equipment that
commanders are able to send to the fires.
"They (budget cuts) really didn't affect this area. We get two
new fire engines that we purchased last year. Our staffing is the
same," Peters said.
In San Bernardino County, firefighters from Cal Fire and ...