On Tuesday, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will receive an update from the Fire District along with a report on wildland fire preparedness.
The Board of Supervisors, who act as the governing board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, will receive two reports (Items D.2 and D.3). The first is a status summary for ongoing fire district activities and initiatives. The second, a status report on Wildland Fire Preparedness.
At the meeting, the report includes a new Traffic Safety Unit after multiple fire trucks have been hit during emergency scenes on the freeways. The District has retrofitted a 23 year old surplus fire engine into a specialized traffic safety unit designed to provide effective “blocking” of an emergency scene…