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Northern Lakes Fire chief outlines staffing, call volumes and new station coverage for Hayden
Summary
Fire Chief Pat Riley briefed the Hayden City Council on Northern Lakes Fire Protection District services, staffing increases since 2000, expanded coverage area and improved response times driven by a newly staffed airport station.
Pat Riley, fire chief of the Northern Lakes Fire Protection District, briefed the Hayden City Council Dec. 10 on services the district provides, staffing levels and recent operational changes intended to reduce emergency response times.
Riley told the council the district was formed in 2000 from consolidations of earlier departments and now covers roughly 108 square miles including Hayden, Hayden Lake and Rathdrum. He said staffing has grown from roughly 16 firefighters…
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