Fire staffing statement issued

SAN DIEGO — CAL FIRE Chief Ruben Grijalva and San Diego County Administrator Walt Ekard met December 12 to discuss winter staffing levels for CAL FIRE’s San Diego unit.

The statement below was released following their meeting.

“CAL FIRE and county staff met this morning and agreed to extend current staffing levels for two weeks to allow the county time to evaluate its specific needs for winter staffing and to develop an appropriate plan to manage the transition.

“The discussion during the meeting focused on extension of this one-time budget reduction of $1.3 million within the CAL FIRE San Die...