The Washington Department of Natural Resources hopes to add the world’s largest firefighting aircraft to its arsenal. Wildfire season is an unfortunate reality in the northwest and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz hopes the 747 Global Supertanker will assist in the annual firefight. The aircraft is the only one of its kind and can carry up to 19,000 gallons of water or fire retardant.
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One person suffered minor burns and three puppies were rescued when a fire broke out in an encampment in Monroe Wednesday morning. The fire was reported just after 5 a.m. along a steep, brushy hillside in the 19900 block of Woods Creek Road, according to Heather Chadwick with Snohomish Fire District No.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

Suamico Fire Department is repurposing a now vacant building and a conditional use permit (CUP) has been approved to allow a brewpub onsite, reports gopresstimes.com.

The site was used as a fire station for more than 60 years and the fire department is moving into the new fire station which has more than 20,000 square feet with two stories and six apparatus bays.

The existing building is approximately 5,520 square feet and has four drive-through vehicle bays.

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Centerville City Schools plans to sell about five or six acres of land to Washington Township for a new fire station, reports Dayton Daily News.

The plan is to build a new station to replace the fire department’s oldest station, which is more than 50 years old. The township would buy the land for $42,000 an acre, according to the purchase agreement.

The next step will be to have the land surveyed.

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Cypress Pointe Fire and Rescue is planning for a fourth fire station to serve an under served region, reports The Pilot.

Once the new station is built that the area would be moved to Class 4 and insurance premiums will drop.

For funding, fire officials have presented increasing the county’s fire tax rate, which had been planned to increase incrementally over the last five years but has plateaued the last three years. Some funds for the new station have already been placed aside by Cypress Pointe in preparation for constructing the facility.

The land for the new fire station sits now as 4.3 acres of wooded property. A conceptual design has a fire station with three bays for fire trucks and equipment, as well as space for the county EMS to put one truck and house full-time EMS personnel.

Staffing the new station would depend on the call volume. The project still is in the design phase before a groundbreaking expected for this summer.

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