One station set to be closed is near Joaquin Miller Park and the other is on Grass Valley Road near Chabot Regional Park.
Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington announces the temporary closure of two fire stations, 25 and 28, during a news conference at the Oakland Fire Station 21 on Skyline Boulevard in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. The closure aims to reduce the City of Oakland’s deficit.
The cuts announced Friday signaled yet more consequences from the city’s $130 million budget deficit, which is expected to result next month in somewhere around 91 layoffs to the city’s workforce. Combined, the two brownouts will save roughly $5 million. Several other fire stations — including one on Skyline Boulevard in the Oakland Hills — will carry the load for the city’s emergency response while the two stations are closed.
Union leaders have consistently pushed back on station closures and talks of layoffs. Seth Olyer, the soon-to-be new president of IAFF Local 55, said Friday that renegotiating the union’s labor contract isn’t off the table.
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