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San Jose Fire Department is more understaffed than Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles
According to the Mercury News, data shows San Jose has the lowest firefighter staffing level when compared with Oakland, San ...
San Jose, Oakland fire departments understaffed like L.A.
We are severely understaffed,” said Jerry May, president of San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union and a San Jose Fire ...
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Crashes and Disasters
The rate at the Oakland Fire Department is 1.07, and the San Jose Fire Department’s is only 0.64. “We have the lowest staffing number out of all metropolitan cities in the United States ...
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Residents displaced by San Jose apartment complex fire
A San Jose Fire Department spokesperson said dispatch received multiple calls about an apartment on fire at around 1 p.m. on the 2400 block of Los Gatos-Almaden Road. The housing complex has ...
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Bay Area firefighters push for more staffing and resources
According to staffing numbers compiled by the San Jose Fire Department and the Bay Area News Group, in Los Angeles there is nearly one firefighter per 1,000 residents. In San Jose, it is actually ...
Davis Vanguard7dOpinion
Commentary: Post-LA Fires, It Will Be Much Harder to Get Fire Budgets under Control
The Mercury News reported earlier this week, “The devastating fires that continue to burn in Los Angeles and rank among ...
Scientists link surge in heavy metals in soil to California lithium battery plant fire
Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in ...
East Bay Times11d
San Jose, Oakland fire departments understaffed like L.A.
The rate at the Oakland Fire Department is 1.07, and the San Jose Fire Department’s is only 0.64. “We have the lowest staffing number out of all metropolitan cities in the United States ...