Lindsey Pavlischak was watching television with family Nov. 1 7 at her Perry District residence when her phone made an “awful sound” she had never heard before. It turned out to be a CPR alert that showed the caller’s location was about two blocks from Pavlischak’s home. Pavlischak, a Spokane Fire Department firefighter paramedic, was off duty but decided to hop off the couch in her sweatpants, throw on her boots and make the short drive to the emergency location.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2023 4:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

The Fairfield governing body passed a bond ordinance that will provide an appropriation of $1.2 million for the acquisition of a fire truck for the township and authorizes the issuance of $302,000 bonds or notes of the township for financing part of the appropriation, tapinto.net reported.  

A Fairfield city official said that the $1.2 million includes the sum of $391,146.39 from the 2021 American Rescue Plan, $391,146.39 from the 2022 American Rescue Plan and $100,000 from the Essex County Improvement Authority, according to the report. In this way Fairfield has been relieved of much of the cost, the city official said. 

California’s state investment bank approved financing for construction of a fire station in Tiburon, Marin County, NorthBayBusinessJournal.com reported.

The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank approved the $4.3 million Infrastructure State Revolving Fund loan for a new 5,455-square-foot, two-story building at the location of Tiburon Fire Protection District’s existing Station 10 building, the report said. Constructed in 1960, Station 10 is set to be demolished.

IBank stated that the fire district plans to start the construction bidding process soon, with the goal of breaking ground on the project in spring 2023, according to the report. The new station will have two new firefighter positions, retain 29 existing jobs and create eight to 10 construction jobs. It is expected to take about three years to complete.

The fire district’s serves 5.5 square miles, including just over 11,000 residents in Tiburon, Belvedere, other residential and wildland areas on the Tiburon Peninsula and parts of the San Francisco Bay, and Angel Island State Park.

The Catawba Volunteer Fire Department held a groundbreaking ceremony December 20 for a new fire station at 5715 Hudson Chapel Road near the intersection of Rhyne Road in Catawba, HickoryRecord.com reported.

The new facility, scheduled to be in service November 2023, will be a 13,000-square-foot fire station and will house bunk rooms, showers, kitchen, community/training room, offices, conference room and storage/supply rooms, the report said. The apparatus bay will consist of four pull-through bays and will also have storage, gear room, tool/work room and be used for training.