John Stockton Fire Quotations

Most people know us as providing drinking water and taking away sewage, but we are the backbone of fire protection, ... We've spent close to $3 million in improvements largely to improve fire protection.

But the system must be capable of a wide range of operation, ... During a major fire the demand can go up four-fold. It can go up to 13.5 to 14 million gallons a day. We have the capability to go up that far. When our firefighters go out they will not be pulling air through.