There wasn’t any delay between when the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District graduated nine new firefighters from its academy, and when they officially were on the line.
After celebrating the accomplishments of the district’s newest members – which will boost its personnel by almost 25 percent when all of the firefighters are incorporated into the schedule – last Friday night, the first firefighter started his shift the next day. Chief Gene Neely said the rest were worked in accordingly.
Currently three firefighters will be assigned to Station 31, three to Station 34, and three will be assigned to staff the district’s new rescue unit – which will give the district more flexibility in responding the myriad of calls they may be asked to respond to.