Fresno County Cal Fire opens new fire station in Friant

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a caller time and a caller occurrence presumption for Cal Fire.

Firehouse 72, stationed disconnected Millerton Road and Saubrice Avenue successful Fresno County, held a expansive opening connected Thursday.

"The past presumption we opened was successful Carruthers successful 1993. That was much than 3 decades since we past chopped a ribbon," said Fresno County Fire Chief Dustin Hail.

The caller occurrence presumption has been successful the readying stages for astir 20 years.

Chief Hail explained that the improvement moved guardant erstwhile they were capable to bargain the onshore from Granville Realty.

Ultimately costing much than $5.5 million.

"We are ace blessed to beryllium capable to person a 7,000 square-foot occurrence presumption with 3 apparatus bays for the outgo that we have," said the Fire Chief.

County officials said it's wealth good spent.

Board supervisor Nathan Magsig added that the region offered Cal Fire wealth years agone from a wide money to forestall occurrence stations from closing.

"Because of a batch of the dangers close now, arsenic we proceed to turn arsenic a community, the wildfires that proceed to hap each summer, it's important to marque definite that we support and adjacent heighten services erstwhile it comes to occurrence protection," said Magsig.

Officials said this caller determination is cardinal to the country wherever they were antecedently stationed.

Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni believes it enhances assemblage information and strengthens the narration betwixt Cal Fire and instrumentality enforcement agencies.

"Think astir immoderate of the large fires that we've had successful Fresno County, starting with the Creek fire, the Garnet fire. We're ever moving manus successful manus with Cal Fire. We're moving connected evacuations, roadworthy closures, country closures. And so, they are a immense plus to america arsenic we are an plus and assets to them," said Sheriff Zanoni.

Officials said this caller presumption is equipped with state-of-the-art exertion to assistance the occurrence unit astatine Station 72.

The firehouse is little than 2 miles from Milton Lake, and officials said they volition besides person a vessel connected manus to assistance with h2o rescues erstwhile needed.

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