HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.25.25 Amanda Pyle Public Comment_ FW_ Fire Engine at Station 38From:Clerk of the Board
To:Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod;
Kitts, Melissa; Krater, Sharleen; Lee, Lewis; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.;
Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug; Zepeda, Elizabeth
Cc:Sjolund, Garrett; Harvey-Butterfield, Briana
Subject:Public Comment: FW: Fire Engine at Station 38
Date:Monday, August 25, 2025 8:22:05 AM
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From: Amanda <75wildmountain@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 7:58 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Fire Engine at Station 38
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To the Butte County Board of Supervisors
Thank you for the decision allowing Fire Station 38 at the corner of Concow Rd and Ishi Trail to remain open. In
order for that station to provide an appropriately rapid response to a medical emergency or the start of a fire, we are
asking that you also provide a type 6 fire engine at that location to serve the Concow Basin and Jordan Hill area.
The time required for an engine to get from The Fire Station on Concow Rd. near Highway 70 to those
neighborhoods is approximate 30 minutes longer than from Station 38. In a medical emergency, 1/2 an hour can
mean the difference between life and death. At the start of a fire, it can mean the difference between containment
and conflagration.
In 2008, The Lightening Strike Fire came over the hill into the above area first. It was extinguished days later by the
efforts of Cal Fire as it traveled along the east side of the West Branch below Jordan Hill only a couple of hundred
yards from the town of Paradise. The Camp Fire came to the Concow Basin over the same hill before spreading to
Paradise. As you know, another fire coming from that direction, is not if, it is when. No wonder the Concow
Community responded so strongly for keeping a fire engine at Station 38 in the 2024 Community Survey.
Thank you.
Sincerely
Amanda Pyle
Concow Community Citizens Committee