Thanks to the work of Redwood City International (RCI) and the Jalisco Federation of San Francisco, the city of Redwood City donated a fire truck with a ladder for rescue and fire fighting, whose ladder reaches up to 30 meters in height, to the State Unit of Civil Protection and Firefighters of the state of Jalisco.
In an interview with Pen 360 Press, Connie Guerrero, a volunteer and board member for several community organizations in Redwood City—who was part of RCI when it began the sister city program, which includes Colima, Aguililla and Ciudad Guzmán—explained that when the city has equipment it no longer needs, it offers it to its sister cities.
Jorge Rosales, president of the Jalisco Federation of San Francisco - which brings together 28 municipalities in that Mexican state - said that in 2013, when Alicia Aguirre was the mayor, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, became a sister city of Redwood City.
However, the road has not been smooth. Although there was a previous attempt by the Jalisco Federation and the RCI to deliver a road to the municipality of Guadalajara, this was not achieved. Rosales tells us: