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Farmington fire chief outlines staffing, calls and plans for second station serving Fruit Heights
Summary
Shelby Willis, Farmington Fire chief, told the Fruit Heights council the department handled more than 200 calls in the city in 2025, described staffing and training levels, and said a second station behind Cabelas is coming in roughly $1.4 million under budget.
Shelby Willis, fire chief for Farmington, presented the Farmington Fire Departments annual report to the Fruit Heights City Council on Feb. 17, summarizing staffing, call volume, training and facility plans.
Willis said Farmington staffs a battalion chief, three captains, three engineers, three paramedic specialists and six firefighters, with shifts typically run as 48 hours on and 96 hours off. "We had over 200 calls in Fruit Heights in 2025," Willis said, noting the department handled predominantly medical calls (182) and fewer fire calls (71) in the city.
The chief highlighted Fleet capabilities — including an aerial ladder that can reach 116 feet and brush trucks for canyon operations — and a community-risk focus that includes fire-prevention inspections and expanded training. Willis reported Farmington personnel logged more than 4,000 training hours in 2025 and said the department upgraded a part-time fire marshal role to full time to handle plan reviews, hazard assessments and inspections.
Willis also said Farmington is building a second station behind Cabelas on Innovator Drive; the station is running about $1,400,000 under the proposed budget and is expected to break ground in about five to six weeks with a projected 13-month construction schedule.
Council members asked about CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) programs; Willis said Battalion Chief Carrie McCloy runs the CERT program and that it partnered with local churches and participated in recent emergency-management exercises.
The presentation included an offer to provide written reports to the council and concluded with an invitation for questions; no formal action was taken on the Fire Department report.
