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Property owners within the Crescent Fire Protection District will see ballots in the mail as soon as this weekend for a tax assessment officials say is necessary to keep the department operating at its current level of service.
This is the fire district’s second attempt at passing a benefit assessment, Chief Bill Gillespie told the
Wild Rivers Outpost on Thursday. An October effort to get voters to approve a $74 property tax assessment failed by about 23 votes, he said. That effort, and the current one, is intended replace an $18 assessment for the Crescent Fire Protection District that sunsets at the end of the year, Gillespie said.
Press release from Crescent City Fire and Rescue:
Local government first responders in Del Norte County had their first opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine January 4
th. Firefighters from Crescent City Fire & Rescue, Gasquet Volunteer Fire Department, and Crescent City Police Department who opted to take the vaccine received their first vaccination of the two-shot series Monday evening. “Our local volunteer firefighters and police officers are often the first ones on scene of emergency situations where members of our community may be ill or having a medical emergency,” Fire Chief Bill Gillespie said.
The opportunity to receive the vaccination was made possible through the coordination and assistance of Del Norte County Public Health. Each time vaccinations are given, Public Health must obtain the vaccine doses, process screening information from each recipient, and make sure the vaccination records are entered into the California Immunization Registry. Vaccine recipie