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East County News Service
July 9, 2017 (Spring Valley) -- San Miguel Fire & Rescue will hold a graduation and badge pinning ceremony for all 85 members of its Fire District on July 11th at 4 p.m. at Cuyamaca College, Bldg B.
San Miguel Fire & Rescue’s Board of Directors terminated its contract with CAL FIRE (effective July 12th at 8 a.m.) after four years to return to a locally controlled Fire District.
Advocates of the controversial change have said they believe it provides the citizens of Bostonia, Casa de Oro, Crest, Grossmont/Mt. Helix, La Presa, Rancho San Diego, Spring Valley, as well as unincorporated areas of El Cajon and La Mesa with Fire and Emergency Medical Services that are locally controlled, more cost effective and focused exclusively on the communities they serve.
San Miguel has rehired approximately 40 of its original firefighters and 38 new firefighters who have just completed several weeks of intense firefighter training as they prepare to assume full control of San Miguel’s many communities on July 12th.
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