Rancho Santa Fe ends fire-management agreement
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The Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District has severed ties with the neighboring cities of Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar after nearly 4 years of management-only consolidation. RSF Chief Tony Michel said that the realization of duplicating efforts and the increasing workload in his own district lead the RSF Fire Board to end the agreement. Although contracting out battalion chiefs to neighboring cities was lucrative for the district to the tune of $300,000 a year, it came at too high a cost, according the Chief Michel. Now the RSF Fire district can have “full time” chiefs to manage the 4 station agency without being obligated to other duties. This change will not affect 911 service in Rancho Santa Fe as the other three cities continue to work toward consolidation without us.
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