Does this guy want to outsource the Brea Fire Department to the OCFA?
The union representing the Brea Firefighters interviewed Brea Council candidates at the Orange County Fire Authority’s headquarters, in a leased space, while OCFA union representatives were present. Click here to see the proof – a letter from the Brea Firefighter’s union inviting candidates for the Brea City Council to interview at the OCFA office in Santa Ana.
The Brea firefighters union has spent over $30,000 promoting the outsourcing of their department to the OCFA – for selfish reasons. The Break City Council already voted NOT to join the OCFA, with good reason. According to Brea Councilman John Beauman, the City of Brea saved $6.5 million over the next five years, but NOT outsourcing to the OCFA. Instead, they cut overtime hours for firefighters.
Brea maintained comparable levels of staffing by adding part-time apprentice firefighters to supplement the current staffing levels. The apprentice firefighters have gone through the SAME training as the highly paid veterans, but they cost the city a lot less per hour, without all the crazy benefits and pensions.
Full-time firefighters are not being replaced by part time apprentice firefighters. Every Brea firefighter hired since 1996 started as an apprentice—about 50% of the current department.
If Brea were to outsource to the OCFA they would end up paying more, for less. Click here to read all about that, on Beauman’s blog.
Beauman closes his post by stating that “This election may very well decide who controls Brea politics: the unions—by electing their handpicked candidates—or the community by electing candidates that put community above politics? It took integrity and courage for Mayor Ron Garcia (currently up for reelection) and Councilmember Don Schweitzer (up for reelection in two years) to resist union pressure and the politics that goes with it. There will be a lot of negative politics this campaign season as a result. So, it is up to you to decide who will control Brea’s future regarding fire services and future contract negotiations?”
The Brea firefighter’s union has endorsed Roy Moore and Ric Clough. These guys obviously have agreed to outsource to the OCFA, so the Brea firefighters union can pad their income even more. Hopefully Brea’s voters will reject these union shill candidates!
Artie,
Watching your boy Beauman this evening made me want to puke. The guy is jacked up. Half the time he doesn’t even know what he is saying. He doesn’t understand the “Quote” reorg plan. The old guy thought Brea is going to share Fire Marshals. Wow…..and he voted for that. Hey did you know the BC’s are still getting overtime? Go to training on the City dime? Oh…. I talked to Tony B. of OCFA about you….Funny stuff. Like I said……you make me laugh. 🙂
Baffled,
You are absolutely correct. The only one that benefits is the City. The mother of that child is not happy. I think she is writing a letter to the Council. Hopefully she speaks at a council meeting or contacts the media.
Thanks for the support