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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A fire presumption successful Madera County got a much-needed makeover.
Officials accidental Fire Station #11, located successful North Fork, will bring captious exigency services to radical successful the county.
Community members attended a ribbon-cutting ceremonial to observe the caller upgrades connected Wednesday.
The installation is staffed with assistance from Cal Fire.
"We conscionable privation to guarantee the assemblage that Cal Fire is committed to the region and to the assemblage of North Fork," said CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Chief Chris Trinidad.
The presumption includes occurrence services, EMS, and a sheriff's substation.
Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue is excited that the upgrades volition assistance exigency crews respond faster and much effectively.
"Having each of the exigency services nether 1 building, and nether 1 roof, and successful 1 area, we tin coordinate those responses, makes america truthful overmuch much resilient for immoderate is thrown astatine us," Sheriff Pogue explained.
He says the installation is already being enactment to bully use.
"We had a SWAT telephone successful this assemblage close down maine up present successful Cascadel, and we coordinated that effect retired of the communal league country here," helium said.
Pogue besides believes the determination of Fire Station #11 volition beryllium a captious plus for an country consistently threatened by fires.
"Starting astir 10 years agone oregon so, we started seeing these large wildfires commencement coming online. And present it's similar each twelvemonth they get worse and worse," helium explained. "I deliberation our past disasters, really, what has driven the request for this facility."
One of those impacted by caller fires is Bobby Hale. He's lived successful North Fork since 1973 and is profoundly rooted successful the assemblage arsenic the Vice-Chair of the Board of Commissioners for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California.
"We've had similar six fires, you know, successful similar six years and large fires. But we besides had immoderate flooding and worldly from a wintertime storm," Hale said. "I'm truly excited for the opening of this due to the fact that we've needed this for a agelong time."
He says much upgrades mean much extortion for the community.
"That's what our people was disquieted about, you know, the information of each successful North Fork community, you know, successful the surrounding areas. So, the quicker responses volition assistance support and evacuate from what's needed," Hale said.
