The City of Ceres is seeing a change to their fire services after a $1.2 million grant expired Saturday and the city decided to not ask for an extension.
Fire Station 3 will not be opening its doors anytime soon.
"We are lucky that station is a little bit slower station. It’s on the outskirts of town," said President of Ceres Professional Firefighters Local 3636 Mike Miller. "Only runs about one to two calls a day, on average. So the response time is going to be a little bit longer in that area."
The closure, along with the layoffs of six temporary firefighters on Saturday, was brought on by the decision to not ask for an extension of the grant the department received two years ago from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.