Thursday's three-alarm downtown Redding blaze was the first major test for city firefighters since the officials closed a station and cut a dozen department jobs a few months ago. Firefighters responded swiftly to Thursday's alarm. But the recent cutbacks revealed new weaknesses in an already chronically understaffed department.

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...Thursday's three-alarm downtown Redding blaze was the first major test for city firefighters since the officials closed a station and cut a dozen department jobs a few months ago. Firefighters responded swiftly to Thursday's alarm. But the recent cutbacks revealed new weaknesses in an already chronically understaffed department.

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