More firefighters and more firefighting equipment are, of course, needed.
"We got the largest order in our company's history from China last year," says Stewart McMillan, chief executive of Task Force Tips, a 175-employee firm in Valparaiso, Ind .that makes firefighting equipment, including $1,000 variable-spray nozzles.
Hartwig told reporters defensive firefighting remains a priority for firefighters.
Adair and his crews finished putting out the fires in nine months, as opposed to the five years first envisaged, without a single casualty, and indeed the 5ft 7in boss maintained that none of his employees had ever suffered a serious injury while firefighting.
Four of those structures were occupied by forest service employees and three of the four were occupied by firefighting personnel, said Chief Robert Garcia, a forest fire management officer for Angeles National Forest.
Every firefighter is expected to know the ten "Standard Firefighting Orders" developed to reduce firefighting risks.
The layoffs wouldn't take effect for six months: in the meantime, the city would invite bids for such services as auto repair, street sweeping, and firefighting, then determine which of those services could be profitably outsourced and how many employees should be cut.
Although Broadwater would be required by law to have firefighting equipment on the platform and to prepare an emergency plan, the provisions would cover only employees.
Depending on what kind of deal the O.C.F.A. made with its employees in the next negotiations, Costa Mesa might save a million dollars a year on firefighting by 2015 — or it might lose up to $1.1 million a year.
Depending on what kind of deal the O.C.F.A. made with its employees in the next negotiations, Costa Mesa might save a million dollars a year on firefighting by 2015 or it might lose up to $1.1 million a year.
