El Centro Fire Department hires new firefighters
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - New changes are coming to the El Centro Fire Department (ECFD), including the hiring of four new firefighters.
"I have immense respect and admiration working alongside and having the opportunity to work with personnel from the El Centro Fire Department," said Erick Correa, El Centro firefighter.
The El Centro Battalion Chief says the new firefighters are on their second week of training.
Three out of the four firefighters are local and have experience.
The battalion chief says having new personnel will help the department respond to calls faster, but that is not the only new change coming to the department.
"So, what we are doing is that we are conducting a community rest assessment and a standard of cover document and what is that going to do for us is that is really going to give us a good outlook of what our capabilities are...where are we deficient and what we can do to change and allocate the resources that we have available," said Battalion Chief Eduardo Ainaza.
