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DIVISION news
Serving the Cities of Victorville, Adelanto, I-15 and I-40,
and 10 unincorporated areas of the High Desert
By Ryan Beckers, Jeff Allen and Division 6 VP Travis Aguirre
LABOR REPS:
JEREMY PENDERGRAFT
AND CHRIS SAUCERMAN
DAVE CORBIN
ASSISTANT CHIEF
Hands Only CPR in the community of Silver Lakes thanks to our
Nurse Educators and our members assigned to Station 4.
Local 935 values our relationships with local media and photojournalist who are
out there telling our story. Thanks Jose Gonzales for your efforts.
Medic Engine 53 from the town of Baker covers approximately
4,000 sq. miles and hundreds of miles of interstate.
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DIVISION news
Medic Engine 22 serves the community of
Spring Valley Lake in the High Desert.
HOT TOPICS
FROM ACROSS THE NORTH DESERT
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We continue to advocate for annexation in the city of
Adelanto. This city is in need of an increased service.
With Station 321 being closed for years there is a
service gap on the north end of the city. Annexation
with FP-5 will add additional revenues that will allow
the department to plan for the future. Assistant Chief
Dave Corbin will deliver an annexation presentation to
the city council in December. • Meanwhile, 53’s is working on station improvement,
including plans for an enclosed patio and two
additional bedrooms.
• The loss of the city of Victorville contract continues to
rear its head in Division 6. Resources from D1 and D2
are frequently responding up the Cajon Pass to provide
coverage to the understaffed North Desert.
• Our members assigned to Station 4 in Helendale joined
County Fire nurse educators for Hands-Only CPR
training within the community. • • Call volumes for Station 53 are beginning to increase
as we head into the winter months. Areas like Dumont
Sand Dunes and the Mojave National Preserve increase
is visitor use along with traffic along the freeway
corridors. Station 53 is responsible for approximately
4,000 square miles and hundreds of miles of interstate
freeway. There is a significant need for additional
staffing in this region. Budget work on capital improvement plans is under
way…Along those lines, the Station 4 remodel is
ongoing, and Station 322 in Adelanto is hoping to
garner grant money to install a new Plymovent
exhaust removal system for the apparatus bay.
Probationary Firefighter/Paramedic Ray Crespo a member of
Tower 10 is assigned to Station 4 in Helendale.
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