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I’ve been hearing rumblings for some time about turf battles between the Kern County Fire and Sheriff’s departments over search and rescue.   Huh? Search and rescue? Hey! That could be me someday. I don’t want the people who are supposed to be haulin’ my behind out of the river or off a mountain squabbling over who’s in charge. When I asked Chief Dennis Thompson and Sheriff Donny Youngblood, they acknowledged it was true. But, they both said, they’re working on it. In fact, they’re going to put together a group of their top people to focus on communications between the agencies. I might find that reassuring — except they already have an agreement about river rescues that spells out exactly who gets called first and who’s in charge. Still, problems have persisted. At a drowning in Lake Isabella last summer where the victim had been under water for more than half an hour, the fire department helicopter...
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