Even California Fire Stations Can’t Get Fire Insurance

California’s homeowners insurance crisis has left even some fire stations without coverage, which left lawmakers in shock during a recent Cal Fire budget discussion. “There is a story right here. We can’t get fire insurance at a fire station that is going to be manned by firefighters. That is where we are in California. That, to me, is just crazy,” said Republican Sen. Brian Dahle during a Senate Budget Subcommittee meeting. The issue came up when discussing the costs to modernize some firefighter and emergency response facilities, where an official with the California Department of Finance told lawmakers an $11 million project in Tehama County at the Cal Fire Ishi Conservation Camp was unable to secure bonds. The reason, according to the official, is insurers including the state’s last resort Fair Plan couldn’t cover the facility to the bond underwriter’s required level....