08/30/2026
A Message from MFPD Operations
Over the past several months, there has been significant discussion surrounding the future of the Mosquito Fire Protection District and the proposed Shared Services Agreement.
This message is from District Operations—not the Board of Directors. We will not speak on behalf of the Board, negotiate the SSA through social media, or assign blame for where the process currently stands.
But we do believe our community needs to understand what is at stake.
The challenges that led Mosquito to pursue shared services have not gone away. We continue to face significant challenges involving staffing, leadership, administrative support, training, finances, and the long-term sustainability of operating as a small, independent fire district.
For Operations, shared services was never about giving away Mosquito Fire. It was about finding a sustainable way to keep Mosquito Fire serving Mosquito.
Our firefighters, officers, administrative personnel, and volunteers have continued to keep this District operating through an extraordinary amount of uncertainty and transition. But the District cannot assume that the people currently carrying those responsibilities will be able or willing to do so indefinitely without a sustainable path forward.
There is a very real human component to the decisions being made right now.
The future of this District will ultimately be determined through the public process and by your appointed and elected Board of Directors. But this is your fire district, and your voice matters in that process.
If you are concerned about the future of Mosquito Fire, now is the time to participate.
The Board will discuss the Shared Services Agreement and the future of the Shared Services Committee at its meeting:
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting information, the agenda, and Zoom access are available athttps://www.mfpd.us/files/4cb014f17/Agenda+2026+SEPT+1+Regular+Mtg.pdf
Read the materials. Attend the meeting. Ask questions. Make your voice heard.
— Mosquito Fire Protection District Operation