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Sacramento Fire Department to rotate company closures
By Chelsea Phua - cphua@sacbee.com
Last Updated 9:12 pm PDT Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Sacramento Fire Department will begin to rotate the closure of its companies starting Saturday morning, fire officials said.
The move is a cost-saving measure prompted by the city's budget deficit, officials said. One fire engine will cease operations for a 48-hour period beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday. After the shift is over, the closure will move to another engine company elsewhere in the city.
Fire officials say remaining engine companies will have to cover wider areas and the average response time for the city will be delayed by about a minute.
Fire officials say they hope to post a schedule as soon as possible showing projected closures throughout the year on the department's Web site, www.sacfire.org.
Following is the schedule through Aug. 12.
July 26 and 27: Engine 17, 1311 Bell Ave. July 28 and 29: Engine 2, 1229 I St. July 30 and 31: Engine 16, 7363 24th St. Aug. 1 and 2: Engine 30, 1901 Club Center Drive Aug. 3 and 4: Engine 5, 731 Broadway Aug. 5 and 6: Engine 10, 5642 66th St. Aug. 7 and 8: Engine 20, 2512 Rio Linda Blvd. Aug. 9 and 10: Engine 6, 3301 Martin Luther King Blvd. Aug. 11 and 12: Engine 7, 6500 Wyndham Drive
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