Deck. Not so in eastern Contra Costa County where two fire stations closed this morning in brentwood and nearby nitson. Nitson. Reporter captain taughten had a hard time saying those words, but he knew the day was coming. I have a great bunch of guys i work with. Reporter firefighters spent the morning packing up. The east contra costa Fire Protection district closed the station and one in brent permanently. That means there are only 27 firefighters to protect 100,000 people over a huge area. 250 square miles. They are placed in a tough decision. They are being asked to do twice as much work now with half the amount of guys and very little support from the public or the community out here. Reporter voters said no to a special parcel tax that would have generated 4. 2 million a year for five years and kept these stations open. Its going to mean a longer response time. Bigger face. People not getting the medical help that they need in a timely manner. Thats because the district gets abou
dreamed up skiing on a bike. it looks like a modified way that i could really hurt myself. speaking of which, there s crazy times ahead on today s right this minute ! we begin our show on this monday with a story that nick found for us, right? the fastest way off a cruise ship besides jumping into the water is to call the coast guard. one guy who was on the norwegian gem started feeling ill. went to the ship s doctor and the doctor called the coast guard. the guy started to go into shock and they needed to treat him as soon as possible. this man, 38 years old, had to be medivac d off the deck of the ship this is a thermal vision camera off a jayhawk ship that the coast guard uses for its rescues. they were 75 miles off the coast of virginia. you see them drop the line down. at the bottom of the line is one of the glow sticks on the rescue driver on deck can find the line in the dark quickly and easily. you can see all the other passengers, you can see them under th