Support Dispatched for Additional Fire Station

It’s all systems go for an additional fire station on 3806 Via Real, located between Summerland and Carpinteria!

The goal is to open a state-of-the-art firehouse on this site.

A new nonprofit, Santa Barbara South Coast Fire Fighter Foundation, has been formed and held its kickoff event at Bella Vista, the sprawling Summerland oceanside home of polo-playing hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt, whose wife Ursula is one of a tony triumvirate along with Gail Kvistad and Arlene Montesano Westbrook supporting the more than worthy cause.

“It is only two months since our first meeting and here we are,” gushed Brian Lombardi, an engineer with Carpinteria-Summerland firefighters and vice president of the new charity, which is having its first major fundraiser on February 24 with, appropriately enough, a Disco Inferno bash, again at Bella Vista.

“And having an additional fire station also means lower insurance rates given considerably less fire risk with extra firefighters on hand and additional equipment,” explained Ursula.

Guests, including the ubiquitous KETY-TV reporter John Palminteri, Candace White, Paul and Leigh Cashman, Virginia Dillon, Denise Decker, Dean Carey, Sarah Moore, Todd Jenkins, and Gary Kvistad, noshed on food provided by a host of local eateries, including The Nugget, Padaro Beach Grill, Los Arroyos, Jeannine’s, Brophy Brothers, and Ca’Dario, and quaffed vino from the Summerland Winery.