Fire Danger: Department and Fire

fire danger: Judge Thomas Anderle ruled the PCVFD Board of Directors referred to themselves as a public entity in 2018 and must release financial records, reports The Independent, according to The Independent. The fire department was created as a volunteer fire company in 1965, under the authority of California H&S Code 14825, for the small Painted Cave community off Highway 154 as it's more remote and subjected to increased fire danger. The defense argued the PCVFD is a private entity and releasing financial documents would be too expensive and time consuming effectively shutting down the department. Since 2003, the Board of Directors of the Painted Cave Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation, has managed the department. During the past several years, the lawsuit states volunteer firefighters of the PCVFD have had increasing concerns over the management of the department and the actions of the Chief. Kevin Buckley has been the only Fire Chief and President of the Board from 2003 into 2019. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.