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Farmington Fire chief briefs Spring Heights council on readiness and early wildfire season
Summary
Farmington Fire Chief Shelby Willis reported on staffing, call types, wildfire-season preparedness and a new station project; chief said the state’s wildland mapping can be formally challenged beginning January 2027.
Farmington Fire Chief Shelby Willis presented the department’s first-quarter report to the Spring Heights City Council on April 21, outlining staffing targets, call trends and preparations for an early wildland season.
Willis said crews maintain eight personnel on duty at peak and seven as a minimum to ensure capacity to run simultaneous calls. The department’s apparatus includes engines, a 116-foot aerial ladder, two brush trucks, a water tender (1,500-gallon capacity) and a small off-road rover with a 200-gallon tank that…
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