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Sedgwick County Firehouse 33 covers dense housing and joins regional HAZMAT response, firefighter says
Summary
Justin Best, a firefighter-paramedic with Sedgwick County Fire District No. 1, said Firehouse 33 in Mayes, Kansas, serves an area with many multi-story multifamily buildings, a large school district and participates in a 19-county HAZMAT Regional Response Team.
Justin Best, a firefighter-paramedic with Sedgwick County Fire District No. 1, said Firehouse 33 in Mayes, Kansas, serves a fast-growing area with a high concentration of multi-story, multi-family dwellings and one of the state’s larger school districts.
"Firehouse 33 is located in Mayes, Kansas. Mayes is one of the fastest growing communities in the state of Kansas," Best said. He added that the district’s coverage includes many multi-family buildings and frequent opportunities for community events and career-development outreach.
Best also described the district’s role in hazardous materials response. "The HAZMAT Regional Response Team is a regional response area that covers 19 counties in the state of Kansas, including Sedgwick County," he said.
He offered a brief, informal detail about local industry: he said the Bullrath Company in Mesa, Kansas, manufactures a pan used by Pizza Hut, a remark he framed as a "little known fact."
The transcript does not specify whether Best’s remarks were delivered during a formal agenda item or during public comment. No motions or formal actions related to these remarks are recorded in the transcript.
