NCFPD to staff Rainbow fire station with captain paramedic

The North County Fire Protection District (NCFPD) board of directors on June 28 voted unanimously to move forward with a resource deployment trial that fire chief Stephen Abbott believes will result in positive changes in the district's operations.

"One of the things we're most excited about is we will be putting captain paramedics out in Rainbow," said Abbott, who said three captains will be working on a shift basis at station six (2309 Rainbow Valley Blvd.) beginning in mid July.

"Having that staffing out there in Rainbow is a big deal," said Abbott. "That will be a new thing for us, to get...