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From: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; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney,
Kathleen; Teeter, Doug
Cc:Harvey-Butterfield, Briana; Sjolund, Garrett
Subject:Public Comment: FW: Fire station 38
Date:Tuesday, August 26, 2025 7:58:27 AM
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From: Robert and Judy Saville <robertandjudys@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 6:50 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Fire station 38
To; Butte County Board of Supervisors
My name is Robert B. Saville... I am Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Golden
Feather Volunteer Fire Company. I would like to thank the Butte County Board of
Directors for their continued support of the GFVFD., by agreeing not to
decommission fire station 38. I have lived in the Yankee Hill area for 50 years, and was
involved in establishing Company 37 in 1977. I was an active member of the Company
for 40 years, retiring in 2019. Having responded to thousands of emergencies over the
years, I know how important a rapid response is. Structure fires double in sized every
three to four minutes, and a brain dies without blood and oxygen in four to six minutes.
In 1982 we built station 38 in the Concow basin to provide the needed response, and
overcome the lengthy time it took climbing the hill from Station 37 or Cal Fire Station 36
at Jarbo Gap. As you know, Station 38 has had extensive and expensive repairs and
upgrades inside and out, to remain an attractive and functional site for Butte County and
the community. We now have active and trained personnel within minutes of the
station, but "you cannot run in a horserace without a horse!" so it is essential to acquire
a reserve or surplus fire apparatus to provide the kind of service the community
deserves.... Thank you