Grass fire shuts down Moraga Road
Moraga Road between Corliss Drive and St. Mary's Road was closed to traffic for nearly 12 hours Oct. 19 after a car crashed into a utility pole and started two grass fires.
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Station 16 permit approved and ConFire ready to build
After a wait of nearly six years since the ...By John T. Miller
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MOFD accelerates pay down of its long-term liabilities
Continuing on its march toward financial ...By Nick Marnell
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Orinda resident named ECCFPD fire chief
Orinda's Brian Helmick was named the fire ...
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MOFD firefighters take on larger roles with their labor union
The management of Local 1230 of the United Professional Firefighters of Contra Costa County will feature a strong Moraga-Orinda Fire District presence with the recent election of MOFD firefighter-paramedic Anthony Stephens and engineer Daniel Elbanna to the executive ...By Nick Marnell
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MOFD to add firefighters, but no full-time ambulance for Orinda
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District accepted a ...By Nick Marnell
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Public expects next MOFD chief to thoroughly grasp the numbers
Above all else, the fire chief of the ...By Nick Marnell
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ConFire donor meets his bone marrow recipient
Firefighters rarely have the chance to enjoy the positive outcomes of their work let alone meet a person whose life they saved under such a dramatic, unique circumstance.
After a 2015 ...By Nick Marnell
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Festive sendoff for MOFD Chief Healy
Family, friends and coworkers of Fire Chief Stephen Healy celebrated his 31-year fire service career and his 12 years with the Moraga-Orinda Fire District during a farewell party at the Hacienda de Las Flores in Moraga Sept. 20.
By Nick Marnell
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A somber ceremony at MCC
The Moraga-Orinda Professional Firefighters Association presented the Posting of the Colors during the 9/11 ceremony at the Moraga Country Club. The color guard, front to rear, comprises Capt. Steve Gehling, firefighter-paramedic Jeff Keena and firefighter-paramedic ...
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Spirited assistant chief takes over ConFire operations division
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District promoted Battalion Chief Ed Gonzales to assistant chief of emergency operations in a restructuring of the district divisions in August. Gonzales replaces Assistant Chief Lon Goestsch, who takes over the district training ...By Nick Marnell
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Higher costs and protracted completion date for MOFD Station 43
After the absence of construction activity ...By Nick Marnell
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Healy reflects on his years with MOFD
Stephen Healy spent barely any time talking about what he accomplished as fire chief of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District.
Rather, a relaxed Healy, who leaves the district Sept. 20, ...By Nick Marnell
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Residents losing patience with MOFD Station 43 inaction
Amnon Oshri walks his dog on Via Las Cruces in north Orinda every day, alongside the barren construction site of Fire Station 43. "Nothing is being done," Oshri said, lamenting the lack of progress by the Moraga-Orinda Fire District in rebuilding the fire station that ...By Nick Marnell
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Lafayette ambulance response times drop under Alliance
Thanks to dynamic resource management and increased efficiencies in the district dispatch center, the partnership between the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and American Medical Response - the Alliance - has lowered ambulance response times into Lafayette ...By Nick Marnell
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA