New Deeth fire station may open by June 30, chief says

DEETH — The new Deeth Volunteer Fire Department building is under construction. "We're hoping that we can get it done by June 30th," Deeth Volunteer Fire Chief Dale Lotspeich said. He said it depends on digging a well in time.

The new Deeth fire station will be out of the floodplain, so annual flooding won't be an issue. "The building should be sealed up and complete probably in the next 45 days," he said. The station will include a Type 3 brush truck, which can also serve as a structure fire engine.



It will also have a water tender. The new Deeth Volunteer Fire Department building "should be sealed up and complete probably in the next 45 days," Deeth Volunteer Fire Chief Dale Lotspeich said. Further, the new building will allow the department to take on first responses from River Ranch to Welcome, Lotspeich said.

"The big feature with this station is the fact it'll be up out of the floodplains," meaning yearly floods will not be a concern, the chief said. The new Deeth fire station will be away from railroad tracks, eliminating concerns about train stoppages during calls. It will also be away from railroad tracks, which eliminates concerns about train stoppages during calls.

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