A local fire department provided residents the opportunity to become better acquainted with one of its stations this weekend.The White Bluff-Rye Hill Volunteer Fire Department held a meet and greet at its station at 14711 Rye Hill Road South in Fort Smith from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
A fact sheet provided at the event states fire department members began the remodeling project with members of the Sebastian County maintenance staff after the Sebastian County Quorum Court assigned the station to the department in April. Members of the department put in over 790 man hours from April through August in station remodeling and cleanup, not not including time spent training and working at its other two stations or on the trucks there. It also does not include the hours county maintenance staff contributed helping with painting, plumbing, electrical and other facets of the project.