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Cost and level of emergency services are at the heart of the controversy swirling around the city’s consideration to possibly make the Tehachapi Fire Department the  first responder to emergencies within city limits.For more than 50 years, the county as provided emergency services for the city, working with the city as a back-up partner. But as the city grows and the TFD  continues to lose firefighters to other departments, the city fathers are taking a closer look at that arrangement. The last contract between the city and county was signed on Sept. 18, 1984. According to Tehachapi City Manager Jason Caudle, the city has two choices: to contract with Kern County Fire department or to do it themselves.“We are exploring both possibilities,” Caudle said. “We are looking at both sides of the option. The county has changed its policy and city must pay the county for fire service.”The payment for services that Caudle refers to is a proposal by the...
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