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Residents urge immediate restoration of fire services in West Washoe Valley after Station 30 closure
Summary
Dozens of West Washoe Valley residents told the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District board July 1 they remain at elevated risk after the closure of Station 30 in August 2022 and urged the board to either equip the Bellevue volunteer station as a career station or break ground within 90 days on a consolidated replacement.
Dozens of residents of West Washoe Valley pressed the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Board of Fire Commissioners on July 1 for a prompt restoration of local career fire and emergency medical services after the district closed Station 30 in August 2022.
Speakers at the public-comment portion of the July 1 meeting urged the board to either reopen or retrofit the volunteer Bellevue Road station (Station 301) for career staffing or to build the previously promised consolidated station within 90 days. Many described long response times and recent wildfire losses when Station 30 was unavailable.
Why it matters: Residents said the closure has left the West Washoe Valley exposed to slower response times for both structure fires and life‑threatening medical calls, and they tied the lack of a staffed station to the damage in recent wildfires including the Davis and Davis Creek incidents. Several asked commissioners to use contingency…
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