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Officials: Brush rig reassignment pilot is working RB’s crew went to San Pasqual once in July BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK City officials say that so far they are pleased with how a pilot program is going that has a fire brush rig stationed in San Pasqual Valley, a program that lessens the calls for Rancho Bernardo’s fire crew. The pilot program, that went into effect on July 1, reassigned the brush rig from Fire Station No. 33 in Rancho Bernardo to the San Diego County Fire Authority’s San Pasqual Fire Station No. 93 near San Pasqual Academy. It is staffed with a 12-hour, four-person crew. During the pilot — estimated to last four to six months — another brush engine within the city was sent to Rancho Bernardo as a replacement. The reassignment of

personnel has meant the Rancho Bernardo crew has not needed to make the — on average — 12-minute trek to San Pasqual that it has done for decades since San Pasqual has never had its own fire and paramedic crew and was part of Rancho Bernardo’s coverage area. This past July, Rancho Bernardo’s crew only had to respond once to San Pasqual, compared to the 14 calls the RB crew responded to in that area during July 2015, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Spokesman Lee Swanson. In addition, San Diego fire crews responded to nine calls in July and the average response time was 9 minutes 34 seconds — a 31 percent reduction compared to July 2014 and 18 percent reduction compared to July 15, Swanson said. There is no information on changes — if any — to Rancho Bernardo’s response times now that its crew can SEE PILOT, A12

STEVE DREYER

A LABOR DAY TRADITION

The 48th annual Rancho Bernardo Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast was held Saturday at Rancho Bernardo High School. The popular event included a pancake breakfast, silent auction items, a used book sale and Dixieland jazz. Member Randy Tenzer prepares to flip while Del Norte High School Key Club member Ida Shamsansen adds blueberries. On Monday the club will break ground on new playground equipment at Rancho Bernardo Community Park.

Poway Unified School District votes to hire recruitment firm Ray and Associates will search for new superintendent BY EMILY SORENSEN The Poway Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Sunday night to hire Ray and Associates as the recruitment firm that will search for the next superintendent. The board members will approve the contract for Ray and Associates at the next regular board meeting, starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. At the special Sunday meeting the board members interviewed representatives from Ray

and Associates, along with three other finalist firms, Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates; Leadership Associates; and the Cosca Group. Following the presentations and question-and-answer periods, which took about two and a half hours, the board debated briefly before unanimously agreeing on Ray and Associates. Ray and Associates’ bid is for $32,800, which includes recruiting a new interim superintendent for no additional cost. The district is currently without a superintendent after the firing of John Collins in July following discrepancies found in an audit of his contract. Associate Superintendent

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Mel Robertson is currently acting superintendent until an interim superintendent can be brought on board. The firm has been in the school executive search business since 1975 and works with 170 associates nationwide in searching for candidates, according to its presentation. It is headquartered in Iowa. Board President Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff said that there “was not a weak candidate in the bunch,” which made it hard to decide. An initial survey between board members showed three out of five listing Ray and Associates as their top pick. SEE PUSD, A12

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