Julian’s volunteer firefighters have filed an emergency appeal with a state appellate court in hopes of making an August 10 deadline to place a measure on the November ballot. Their aim is to have the 2,246 voters in the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District decide whether to repeal a fire board action to dissolve the district. The legal action also asks the 4th District state Court of Appeal to block efforts to let Cal Fire (via the County Fire Authority) take over operations of the 81-square-mile fire district. (Julian’s Nov. 6 ballot already will include a measure on whether to increase the fire district’s 34-year-old $50-a-parcel tax to $200.) Downtown attorney Craig Sherman said “time is of the essence for an immediate stay order.” He wants the Court of Appeal’s San Diego branch to halt an earlier order by San Diego Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel.