Weil Will Not Run for Reelection in November
Moraga-Orinda Fire District director Fred Weil stunned the audience at the July 20 district board meeting when he announced that he will not seek reelection to his Division 2 seat in November.
 By Nick Marnell
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Station 43 Firefighters Take First Steps To New Home
The rebuild of Moraga-Orinda Fire District fire station 43 takes its first evident step Aug. 8 when the district shuts down the Via Las Cruces station and moves the crew into temporary quarters nearby in the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church parking lot. A flyer ...By Nick Marnell
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MOFD to Consider Prefunding Retirement Costs
In order to mitigate the oftentimes wild ...By Nick Marnell
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Tax Disparity in MOFD is Still a Hot Issue in Orinda
Orindans frustrated with a perceived tax ...By Nick Marnell
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Despite Surplus, Moraga-Orinda Fire District Still Bogged Down By Budget Sticking Points
Even as the Moraga-Orinda Fire District ...By Nick Marnell
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ConFire Chief: Reach Out, He'll Be There
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was in dire need of strong leadership. The district had closed four fire stations after a failed 2012 parcel tax initiative, the labor group had tuned out management, property tax revenue was flat and according to the ...By Nick Marnell
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Dramatic Helicopter Rescue in the Lafayette Hills
The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office air patrol assisted the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District in saving the life of a hiker who collapsed on the Lafayette Ridge Trail in Briones Regional Park last month, the result of a joint effort recently undertaken ...By Nick Marnell
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Dispatchers: The Unheralded Heroes of the Fire Departments
Public safety dispatchers, like many doctors and lawyers, deal with people at often the worst moment of their lives - and on top of that, have to help the callers sort through it all.
By Nick Marnell
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Rescue One Foundation Donates AED to Commons
Moraga now has another Automated External Defibrillator thanks to a donation from Moraga-Orinda Fire District's Rescue One Foundation.
The latest unit was installed inside the kitchen ...By Cathy Dausman
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Sandingham Drive Home Damaged in Recent Blaze
Firefighters from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded May 5 to a house fire at 235 Sandingham Drive North in Moraga. Three people were displaced from the home and no firefighters were injured. The fire resulted ...
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Fire Chief Snags a Bargain on a Temporary Firehouse
Moraga-Orinda Fire District firefighters ...By Sora O'Doherty
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New Fire Station on the Drawing Board
Lafayette residents will get their new fire station, but it will be up to them to determine how long it will take to build.
After engineers recently evaluated the uninhabitable Station ...By Cathy Tyson
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ConFire Board Approves Complete Rebuild of Fire Station 16
Western Lafayette residents moved one step ...By Nick Marnell
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Orinda Residents Demand Fair Shake from MOFD
Orinda residents, including a district ...By Nick Marnell
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Developer Agrees to Pay Fire Service Mitigation Charge
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District board May 4 ...By Nick Marnell
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA