The City of Burnaby (B.C., Canada) and Simon Fraser University are investing in the health and safety of the community on Burnaby Mountain by identifying a preferred location for a new fire station, and advancing the necessary feasibility study and design work to get shovels in the ground before 2024.

The preferred site subject to a feasibility study and approvals from SFU for Fire Station #8 is at the northeast corner of Tower Road and University Drive on the east side of the mountain. The City is now working with Simon Fraser University on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the prospective site.

The new fire station on Burnaby Mountain will ensure a quick response from the Burnaby Fire Department in the event of an emergency.

“The community on Burnaby Mountain has been rapidly growing and we’re enhancing our emergency capacity to respond to that growth,” said Mayor Mike Hurley. “People live, work, study and play on Burnaby Mountain, and it is essential that we have the capacity and infrastructure to keep up with the changing emergency management needs of the community.”

The facility will be planned, designed, and constructed by the City in coordination with SFU, which is providing a site for the new fire station.

“A new fire station on Burnaby Mountain is crucial to maintaining a safe environment for our students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community,” said Joy Johnson, SFU president and vice-chancellor. “We’re very pleased to see this project moving forward and are confident that, once completed, the new station will help keep the SFU and Burnaby communities well protected for years to come.”

In July, the federal government announced a commitment of $30 million towards the project through Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan).

Learn more: Fire Station #8

Ask and ye shall receive.

When Dewey (WI) Fire Department and EMS brought home the department’s original engine this summer, E-11, for a reclamation project, the apparatus was stored behind a town garage. However, for the ensuing winter it will need—and the department has requested—a place to stay.

The apparatus had been stored in southern IL. Then it was behind the garage once back in Dewey, but that “space is being lost due to snow plowing. We need to find a place for E-11 during the winter and will put it back there once the snow is gone.”

The department reveals it received “several very generous and workable offerings” as well as multiple options for transporting the apparatus to its winter home.

Some T’s still need to be crossed and I’s dotted next week, but the department says it will provide updates as progress continues.

Bend (OR) Fire & Rescue recently helped get the ball rolling on the local holiday season, as its ladder assisted the Northwest Crossing neighborhood with its annual tree lighting.

The city of Dilworth (MN) is making a plea to replace its 40-year-old fire station, reports parkrapidsenterprise.com, and there’s a very good chance the department will be heard.

MN Gov. Tim Walz recently visited the facility to learn about potential 2022 bond projects, and the report notes that he says it will most likely make the cut.

The total estimated cost of the new station is $6.5 million. The bond would be for $3.2 million, while officials say the city has also received $975,000 of federal funds for the project.

A potential new facility would replace the metal structure that was built in 1982, which officials say is unsafe and cramped. If the project comes to fruition, the current facility would be torn down and the new one would be opened in 2024 or 2025, according to the report. Dilworth provides fire protection for greater Clay County and has a mutual aid agreement with sister city Moorhead.