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Fire is the topic out of today's LANG papers.

Out of La Habra Heights, Mike Sprague reports that the city is searching for a location for a new fire house. One possible location could cost between $375,000 to $619,000, which is why the city decided to expand its search. But does the city even need another fire house? Sprague reports that the fire department gets about one call every six days from the east side of La Habria Heights, and there is about one call every two days for the entire city.

"The current response time is inadequate to the east side," said resident Karen Vipperman, who is the wife of Councilman Howard Vipperman, at last Thursday's meeting. "They're doing their best to get here, but it's too far."

Out of Pasadena, Robert Hong reported that the fire department will be charging for inspection fees. Would you pay it?

The inspections will cost $142 per hour and will be manadatory for buildings with three or more separate dwellings.
The inspections will be broken down into 15-minute increments so that shorter inspections of smaller buildings will cost owners less. A major reason for the inspections will be to test fire alarms systems, Fasick said.
"You get a false alarm and it wastes time and fuel," he said.