The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District has received a $24,000 grant from the state to support firefighting efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grant comes from a $100 million allocation in the state’s 2021-2022 budget toward special districts, which did not initially receive the COVID-19 relief funding that was dispersed to cities and counties.
“COVID-19 has impacted us all and your fire district is not immune. The additional cost in answering the calls for service has been significant,” fire district Chief Brian Helmick said in a statement. “We’re extremely grateful for this support.”
California has more than 2,000 special districts, covering transportation, sanitation, recreation and firefighting needs.
The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District serves more than 128,000 people across the cities of Brentwood and Oakley and the unincorporated communities of Discovery Bay, Bethel Island, Knightsen, Byron, Marsh Creek and Morgan Territory.
If they had integrity they would give to the homeless. Why would they need Covid relief? They need to be an example. Stop taking advantage of tax payers. It’s time to rebuild our infrastructure with honest people.
Wish the article was more clear about how, exactly, the money will be spent.
What could the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District do with $24K?
I guess that might be what’s needed to put new tires on a fire engine.
ECCFPD could throw a really nice party for everyone who works there to boost morale.
Put that money toward so new firefighter supplies?
I hope someone has better ideas than I have.
$24K is not much money.
I wouldn’t want the money to go to the homeless.
Some of them have already started far too many fires.
@Cellophane
Was thinking the same thing. 24 grand out of 100 million?
24,000 really isn’t much for a public agency like a fire department. It’ll probably only buy the staff when new pair of boots each
I don’t think you can even outfit one firefighter with $24k. That’s not even newsworthy except for the fact that they barely got anything.