Pinole Fire - How I Would Spend $500,000

Pinole 4 Fair Government is committed to informing Pinole's residents and raising awareness.

We have identified several areas of importance as we approach the Elections on November 3.

*Pinole Senior Center

"The Negligence of the Pinole Senior Center"

Dave Ruport and Ivette Ricco

*Pinole Fire Safety

"How I would spend the $500,000"

Franke Martinez

*Pinole Small Business Community (upcoming)

Tammy Campbell

Our City appears to be in an enviable financial position.

The City has unallocated reserves of $500,000.

The Council may decide to allocate some of those reserve funds for the Restoration of the Faria House.

But, we ask, What Would You Do with the $500,000?

Written by Franke Martinez:

Pinole Fire - How I would spend $500,000

While the intentions and goals to maintain and support our Fire Safety Services may be well meant, now is the time for the City Council of Pinole to expand our Fire Safety to bring it to OSHA's National Standards.

As we have seen over the past couple of weeks Fires have ravaged our surrounding communities while we remain in a Fire Hazard Zone.

Many years of neglect from the Pinole City Council have left our Fire services greatly crippled.

This is occurring while the businesses in Pinole who provide our Sales Tax revenue have been shuttered and closed due to the Shelter in Place orders that currently have no end date in sight.

While we do not have a precise understanding of how Covid-19 will impact our budget we can expect that the City of Pinole's revenues will likely plummet while its expenses are likely to skyrocket, so earmarking precious dollars is more urgent now.

OSHA Fire Safety National Standard:

In firefighting the policy of two-in, two-out refers to United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policy 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(4)(i) that mandates that firefighters never go into a dangerous situation in a fire or rescue incident alone, and that there be two firefighters outside the hazard area to initiate a rescue of the firefighters inside, should they become in trouble, during the initial stages where only one crew is operating in the hazard area. Once a second crew is assigned or operating in the hazard area, the incident is no longer considered in the initial stages and a dedicated firefighter assist and search team or rapid intervention crew is required.

STATION 73 (Old Town Fire Station)

City Council is responsible for approving our city budget, we would like to see Station 73 "Old Town" staffed to four (4) men/women per truck as we have only one truck in service in Pinole. This truck should be staffed to OSHA standards immediately.

STATION 74 (Valley Fire Station)

We are asking our City Council Leadership team to develop a concise plan to finally re-open Station 74 with a plan for ongoing budget to keep it maintained to OSHA standards as well.

Leaving Station 74 closed for over 10 years is not only reckless but downright dangerous during this fire season.

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