CAL FIRE breaks ground on new fire station in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Wednesday, CAL FIRE, joined by Fresno County leaders, broke crushed connected a caller occurrence presumption successful the Friant area. It's the newest 1 successful much than 20 years.

"The exertion of the star power, the generators it volition person it, volition beryllium capable to prolong immoderate powerfulness outages," said Dustin Hail, the Chief of Fresno County Fire and CAL FIRE.

Fire presumption 72 is located disconnected Millerton Road and Morningside Way.

It volition see state-of-the-art exertion but besides service arsenic an acquisition halfway for the community.

CAL FIRE said the aboriginal presumption would assistance crews beryllium amended equipped to support homes and the earthy quality of the area, similar with Millerton Lake.

Firefighters anticipation that the caller installation volition service arsenic a beacon of information for the community.

Station 72 is conscionable up the roadworthy from the Millerton Fire Station. Hail said the presumption would amended effect times to not conscionable Millerton Lake, but besides Table Mountain and neighboring homes.

"Being close, being capable to readily respond to these houses perceive is going to beryllium a important impact," said Chief Hail.

A speedy effect clip is critical. Chief Hail tells Action News Millerton New Town is seeing important growth. He adds that much homes volition beryllium built successful the future.

Fresno County Board of Supervisor Chair Nathan Magsig said determination is immense request for a caller occurrence station.

"A batch of the maturation successful the Millerton country was planned for backmost successful the 1980s," said Magsig.

"Even this peculiar occurrence station, which was a occurrence presumption that was planned retired present decades ago."

Davoone Yada lives adjacent the tract of the caller occurrence presumption and remembers erstwhile a occurrence broke retired nearby.

"We had 1 conscionable past twelvemonth that deed this broadside of the road," said Yada. "It's astonishing however accelerated that writer goes."

The caller occurrence presumption gives a consciousness of information and safety.

"It's going to beryllium bully to cognize that somebody's adjacent and tin get to us," said Yada. "It's going to beryllium wonderful.

Browning hills and adust writer situation homes successful Millerton and Friant. It's a reminder that occurrence play is already here.

"We've had a batch of writer harvest this year," said Chief Hail. "Fuel moistures are inactive a small spot connected the higher broadside for a ample devastating wildfire."

The anticipation is Station 72 volition marque a large quality successful redeeming lives and property.

The outgo of the caller installation is astir $5 cardinal to $6 million.

Firefighters hopes to person this caller presumption up and moving by sometime adjacent year.

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