The Riverside County Board of Supervisors renewed the county’s agreement to provide dispatch and communications services for the Soboba Indian Reservation fire department.
A 4-0 vote on September 9, with Chuck Washington absent, approved the cooperative agreement between the county and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians. The agreement is for a three-year period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The Riverside County Fire Department will provide the dispatch and communications services to the reservation.
The Soboba tribe has contracted with the county since 2014. The previous agreement was approved by the county supervisors in August 2021 and covered the period from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025.
The reservation will be charged based on the number of tribal fire stations and jurisdictional calls. Soboba has one fire station, and the Riverside County Fire Department estimates a Fiscal Year 2025-26 call volume of 464 calls. Based on that volume, the annual cost would be $90,467.
The Soboba Tribal Council approved the agreement on July 9.
Joe Naiman can be reached at jnaiman@reedermedia.com.
