If MOFD were dissolved, who would provide emergency medical and fire services?
The most likely scenario would bring Orinda under the umbrella of Contra Costa County Fire Protection District [Con Fire]; ambulance service would then be provided by American Medical Response (AMR) as it was in Orinda before the formation of MOFD. Were MOFD annexed to Con Fire, Orinda’s tax dollars that now support our local fire district could be redistributed throughout the county. If in the unlikely event that LAFCO were to approve Orinda’s application to withdraw from MOFD and form a municipal fire district, FAIR’s plan assumes the City could contract with both Con Fire and AMR for service, but the latter contract is not legally possible because the amulance service rights would revert to the county, not the City.
