City Leaders Failed to Advocate for More Fire Resources
One firefighter told the Express that OFD had an opportunity several years ago to apply for a grant that would have funded part-time medical instructors. These instructors would have trained OFD personnel on emergency-medicine procedures. They also would have offered medical training to the community. It would have been funded by the grant and small fees paid by members of the public seeking first aid trainings.
But according to the firefighter, Reed’s office did not sign off on the grant
The same firefighter said Reed refused to have OFD campaign for the special tax that funds the Wildfire Prevention Assessment District, an area of the Oakland hills requiring extra inspections and other services to avoid another hills firestorm. In 2013, voters ended up not renewing the tax. The vote margin was three-tenths of a percent short of what it needed to pass.
n the grant.
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