Next Report . Background Periodic review of special districts. There are automatic and mutual assistance agreements between adjoining districts which insure help if one district needs outside assistance. No uniform agreement is in place as to what compensation the assisting district will receive. There are different levels of training among districts.
All fire districts have the minimum training required.
Fire fighting in cities and in wildlands require different training. Among the districts there is repetition in administration, salaries, insurance, training, and equipment. There is also duplication in service and repair of equipment. All firefighters have some emergency medical training. Most firefighters in the county are volunteers.