City officials have said no firefighters would lose their jobs, and there may even be a need for increased staffing for the house.

The station, similar to Pleasant Prairie’s new station at 3801 Springbrook Road, would also allow emergency crews to respond more quickly to areas of the city with high demand. And by freeing up resources, the move allows each station in the city to have its own ambulance.

The work was done by Syracuse-based NRC Inc., which was awarded the contract after an April 3 coin toss at City Hall, necessary because NRC and Sauquoit, N.Y-based Sullivan Contracting submitted identical bids of $42,000.

The Klickitat County Fire District is one of the agencies fighting the Dry Creek fire. Volunteer firefighters showed up at the Cherry Lane station (Station 32) on Tuesday afternoon to retrieve fire trucks to fight a small brush fire. When they arrived, they saw open compartment doors and scattered equipment, and noticed that several items were missing.

The fire department received the fire truck ‘Brush 20’ in February, but due to funding, have just now fit the truck with enough equipment to effectively support the base and the local community.

As a result of those budgetary savings, along with additional revenue generated from various construction projects around town, including Eastampton Place and Eastampton Place West on Woodlane Road, fire district taxes will not increase.

Should voters approve the purchase, officials hope to buy the new engine in 2018. It would take nine to 12 months to build and would be delivered sometime in 2019. The lease is expected to last 10 years, with the first payment due in 2020.