It just happened … at Chester on Lake Almanor.
This is still kind of being wrangled out. The real issue is future funding, as the Peninsula Fire Department can’t just pay to keep the Chester station open without funds from the town’s residents in addition to their own tax base. Which got shot down last time a tax was floated, last spring (I voted Yes on the $450 annual parcel tax option, myself). Which led to the Chester Fire Department being closed, after a stretch with a couple of volunteers keeping it running. A contract with CalFire was discussed, but was apparently too expensive.
You’d think a town in the middle of a million acres of burned forest, that has a population with a median age in the mid-50s and a constant stream of people being flown out for medical care, would be willing to pay for fire protection & ambulance services … we’ll see the next time a Measure is on the ballot.