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Horse-drawn carriages were replaced with street cars and automobiles. Horse-drawn fire apparatus were also replaced with steam-operated pumpers, chemical engines, and eventually motorized apparatus. The Tower Bridge, completed in , was built using WPA money, providing needed jobs and solving transportation problems across the Sacramento River. With the enforcement of building and life safety codes, public education in fire safety, and weed abatement regulations the loss of life and property from fire began to lessen.

From through the city began annexing surrounding county areas, accelerating the growth of the city, more than tripling its size. The fire department established a Hazardous Material Response Team in to address specific response protocols when responding to and mitigating hazardous material incidents within the city and on requests for mutual aid.

Task Force 7 has been deployed to many national incidents to support rescue efforts including Oklahoma City terrorist bomb attack in , the World Trade Center terrorist attack in , and Hurricane Katrina in To an exasperated membership, an offer from the community of Benicia for the use of its new city hall proved irresistible, and a bill was passed moving the seat of government to that city, where the legislative session finished.

While the legislative quarters were adequate, it became increasingly evident that Benicia itself was too small to serve as the capital city. Sacramento offered its courthouse for immediate use and a building site for the permanent Capitol. Shortly after the close of the Session of , the courthouse was razed by fire, but a new one was completed in time for the next session. The new courthouse continued to serve as the home of the Legislature until This tenure was interrupted only once; during the winter of —62 a severe flood prompted removal of the Legislature to the Exchange Building in San Francisco.

Construction on the permanent Capitol was begun in , and, though not completed until , the Legislature was able to occupy its Chambers in