New Wheels to Start Rollin' at Station 17 in Lafayette
Lafayette fire station 17 on St. Mary's Road put a new fire engine into service the evening of April 8. The 2008 KME Type-1 engine replaces the 2001 model, which was reassigned to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District training facility in Concord.
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MOFD Directors Give Unexpected Kudos to ConFire Chief
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District ...By Nick Marnell
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Four More Years for Supervisor Andersen
Candace Andersen received the announcement via email at 5:03 p.m. March 11. "You're in. Another four years," said Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Joe Canciamilla.
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Lafayette Fire Station Construction Tops ConFire Capital Plan
The remodel of Lafayette's fire station 16 ...By Nick Marnell
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MOFD Unveils Station 43 Construction Costs
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District last week presented a detailed estimate of the $4.5 million cost to reconstruct fire station 43 in north Orinda.
The district divided the estimate into ...By Nick Marnell
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MOFD Puts Station 46 Property on the Market
The doomed fire station 46 project slipped deeper into the history books March 2 when the Moraga-Orinda Fire District board declared the potential station site a surplus asset and authorized its sale through a listing agreement with Coldwell Banker.
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More Lamorindans Now CERT-ified
Lamorinda now has more neighbors trained to help their neighbors when disaster strikes. The latest group of Lamorinda Community Emergency Response Team participants concluded their training during a night session Feb. 23 at the Contra Costa County Fire Protection ...By Cathy Dausman
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January Projected Reopening of Lafayette Station 16
Inside the Contra Costa County Fire ...By Nick Marnell
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Orinda Response Times Frustrate MOFD
For years emergency medical call response times in Orinda have exceeded those in Moraga. The terrain and the narrow, winding roads in sections of Orinda make it difficult for the Moraga-Orinda Fire District to safely transport personnel and equipment to the emergency ...By Nick Marnell
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MOFD Revives Sophisticated Planning Tool
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District survived the ...By Nick Marnell
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Of Life and Limb
Local trees, including mature oaks and pines, are falling and in need of removal, but the recent El Nino rain storms are only partly to blame. It is more apt to be a combination of events - call it the perfect storm - causing their demise. Recent Lamorinda examples ...By Cathy Dausman
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Grateful Moraga Couple Applauds MOFD Response
At about 2 a.m. on Dec. 22, Moraga Bluffs resident Tom McCormack was sitting on his bed and he said that he couldn't breathe. "He told me to call 911," said his wife, Millicent. According to the dispatch records of that night's emergency call, the Moraga-Orinda Fire ...By Nick Marnell
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Lafayette Station 16 Rehabilitation Update
Firefighters assigned to Contra Costa County ...By Nick Marnell
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Andersen Takes Over as Chair of Board of Supervisors
The embattled Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, criticized throughout 2015 by groups ranging from labor unions to public officials, elected District 2 Supervisor Candace Andersen as Chair at its Jan. 5 meeting. Andersen, whose district includes Lamorinda, ...By Nick Marnell
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Evans Once Again an MOFD No-Show
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District elected ...By Nick Marnell
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA