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Camp Roberts gets new Model 34 Type III Wildland Engine. Piggybacking on CAL-FIRE�s order of new Type III engines to upgrade the state's firefighting fleet, Camp Roberts has a new tool for its firefighting mission�a Model 34 Type III Wildfire Engine. The basic design and specifications were set by CAL FIRE, but due to a lack of funds in the state Military Dept. More...       SEFFA President visits Northern California members -- Napa, Sonoma, and Yountville are first stops on larger tour SEFFA President Steve Bradley made a year-end tour of three Northern California sites where members are stationed. In visits to Napa State Hospital, the Sonoma Development Center Fire Station (also known as Eldridge Fire), and to the Yountville Veterans Home, Bradley discussed current and future goals for contract negotiations with the state and the direction SEFFA is taking to aid the process. More...           Letter from SEFFA President Steve Bradley -- POC's promises not grounded in reality SEFFA President Steve Bradley has released a letter (see link below) countering the mis-information campaign of Peace Officer of California (POC). In it Bradley writes, "I don't believe that POC has a prayer of improving our pay or benefits ... POC only represents wishful thinking and will say anything to get you to sign a severance card. More...       CSLEA firefighting family in the thick of battle Report from Big Sur—OES, Fire Marshals, SEFFA, CCC, and CAL FIRE Communications Operators working around the clock With the arrival of a crew from Camp Roberts, the entire CSLEA firefighting family is now in the thick of battle against one the greatest natural disasters in California history. The lightening-sparked blazes that dotted the Northern California landscape numbered 1,781 at one point. More...           SEFFA-member firefighters join in battle to save Big Sur -- Camp Roberts Engine 8966 working back-fire operations on Highway 1 Just as their SEFFA brothers and sisters in Engine Co. 5969 at Hearst Castle did last year in helping fight the Southern California fires, the crew of Engine 8966 is now doing along Highway 1 near Big Sur in fighting the Northern California blazes. At the start of the month, the state Military Department donated E-8966 and four crew members to the cause of fighting the worst of all the 1,000 blazes that have scorched vast acreages of Northern California. More...